‘Anti-state propaganda’: Singer Salman Ahmad booked under Peca

LAHORE: A case has been registered against Salman Ahmad, a renowned Pakistani singer , under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) for allegedly running anti-state propaganda.

According to the police, the case was filed at Defence A police station, Lahore, on behalf of the state. The first information report (FIR), filed by Sub-Inspector Akram Hussain, alleged that Ahmad had allegedly spread propaganda against state institutions on social media and shared a hate-inciting post, which went viral. It added that the post was seen by an on-duty police officer, which led to the registration of the case. It is pertinent to mention here that the PTI terminated singer’s basic membership of the veteran musician for posting against incarcerated Khan’s family in December last year.

The guitarist had sharply criticised PTI founder’s wife Bushra Bibi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, in some of his posts on X, blaming them for mismanagement and accusing them of fleeing the scene during the party’s “final call” protest in November 2024.