Achakzai booked for ‘spreading hatred’

QUETTA: Police have registered a case against Opposition Leader in the National Assembly and Pk MAP Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai, on charges of allegedly spreading hatred against state institutions and criticising the present government while addressing a public gathering. Other party leaders have also been named in the FIR. The charges relate to an allegedly provocative speech made against state institutions. The action was taken following a written complaint submitted by Abdul Wali Khan, son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a member of the Shinzai tribe and a resident of Gulistan Kari. According to the FIR registered at Gulistan Police Station, the complainant stated that, during a public meeting, Achakzai allegedly said that law and order in Balochistan continued to deteriorate and that the current government had completely failed to provide security to the public. He allegedly described the government as a “Form-47 fake government” and proposed the formation of an alternative force by recruiting people from various tribes in competition with the Pakistan Army. The FIR further alleged that the accused encouraged people across Pakistan to become Afghan proxies, thereby attempting to create hatred and unrest between state institutions and the public. Acting on the complaint, police registered a case against Mehmood Khan Achakzai and others under Sections 153, 505, 131, 341, 147, and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code, as well as under the Balochistan Sound System Regulation Act, 2016. Published in Dawn, June 2nd, 2026