By Irum Saleem
How amazing it turned out to be that a Qawwal singing “Nak Da Koka Qaidi No 804” is booked for inciting the public.
Something must be wrong with the minds of those who booked singer Faraz Amjad Khan and his team.
After getting booked for performing a song associated with ex-premier and PTI supremo Imran Khan during a government-sponsored cultural event at Shalamar Gardens Lahore, a local court on Monday granted pre-arrest bail to Faraz Amjad Khan.
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ہیومن رائٹس کونسل پاکستان نے, نک دا کوکا گانے پر FIR کو مکمل طور غیر قانونی قرار دے دیا!!
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In the first information report (FIR), the complainant, Shalimar Gardens in-charge Zameerul Hasan, alleged that qawwal Faraz Amjad Khan gave the event “political colour” as the song mentioned “Qaidi No. 804” in reference to former prime minister Imran Khan.
Faraz Amjad Khan’s counsel submitted that the petitioner has no affiliation with any political party and that he performed the song at the request of participants at the cultural programme.
He further requested the court to grant pre-arrest bail to the singer as he wanted to join the investigation to “prove his innocence”.
After preliminary arguments, the judge allowed the bail and sought the case record from the police.
Lahore police registered an FIR on Sunday night against Faraz for performing the song ‘Nak Da Koka 2 Murshid’ at the “non-political” programme organised by the Walled City of Lahore Authority on Saturday last.
According to the complainant, the qawwal and his band members “deliberately sang an inciting political song without permission.”
One wonders why the Walled City Authority felt the need to book the singer for singing pro Imran song.
Had the police didn’t book the singer no one would have known that he had sung Nak Da Koka.
Same was done by pulling off column from Express Tribune — It’s all over.
The government needs to take good counsel from some good brains so that it should not get embarrassed for such things and believe in let go.
