{"id":85742,"date":"2025-09-12T21:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=85742"},"modified":"2025-09-12T21:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:27:13","slug":"engineer-muhammad-ali-mirza-sent-on-seven-day-physical-remand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/engineer-muhammad-ali-mirza-sent-on-seven-day-physical-remand\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza sent on seven-day physical remand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: A local court in Rawalpindi on Friday approved a seven-day physical remand of cleric and self-proclaimed religious scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/engineer-muhammad-ali-mirza-booked-in-these-cases-details-inside\/\">Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirz<\/a>a in a suspected case of blasphemy.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/showbiz\/youtuber-ducky-bhai-handed-over-to-fia-on-another-five-day-remand\/\">Federal Investigation Agency<\/a> (FIA) presented Mirza before Senior Civil Judge Waqar Hussain Gondal, who sanctioned the physical remand.<\/p>\n<p>The court ordered the FIA to carry out the investigation and bring the accused before it again on September 19.<\/p>\n<p>The FIA detained Mirza following a raid at his academy at Machine Mohalla, Jhelum, late in the night of August 25 or early on August 26.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, he was booked under the blasphemy law under a case filed against him for allegedly making insulting comments regarding the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and &#8220;misrepresenting&#8221; portions of the Holy Qur&#8217;an. He was later shifted to Jhelum District Jail under the orders of preventive detention.<\/p>\n<p>According to official documents, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against him at the City Police Station in Jhelum under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), which carries the death penalty or life imprisonment for blasphemy against the Prophet (PBUH).<\/p>\n<p>He was also booked under Section 11 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, which addresses hate speech and incitement of sectarian violence online.<\/p>\n<p>Mirza was arrested under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance, a precaution taken to preclude possible unrest. His Qur&#8217;an-o-Sunnat Research Academy in Jhelum was also sealed on grounds of public order.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, more provisions were added to the FIR against Mirza. The police stated the charges arose from a viral video where he had made controversial statements in an online lecture. The clip faced criticism on social media and protests across cities, calling for legal action.<\/p>\n<p>The fresh charges were under Section 295-A (intentional acts likely to outrage religious feelings), Section 298 (speaking words wounding the religious sentiments), and Section 298-A (derogatory remarks concerning the companions or relatives of the Prophet).<\/p>\n<p>Sources revealed that Mufti Dr Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali had filed a complaint against Mirza, blaming him for blasphemy. A fatwa by Darul Ifta Markazi Sirat-e-Mustaqeem also accused him of a similar offense.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: A local court in Rawalpindi on Friday approved a seven-day physical remand of cleric and self-proclaimed religious scholar Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza in a suspected case of blasphemy. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) presented Mirza before Senior Civil Judge Waqar Hussain Gondal, who sanctioned the physical remand. The court ordered the FIA to carry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":84086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3062,30902,31164],"class_list":["post-85742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-blasphemy","tag-engineer-muhammad-ali-mirza","tag-engineer-muhammad-ali-remand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85743,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85742\/revisions\/85743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}