Opposition Leader Mehmood Achakzai Charged Under Multiple Sections for Alleged Anti-State Speech

QUETTA: Police have filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Opposition Leader in the National Assembly and Chairman of the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), accusing him of making inflammatory remarks targeting state institutions and criticizing the incumbent government during a public address.

The FIR also includes charges against other senior party leaders, citing their involvement in an allegedly provocative speech. The case follows a formal complaint lodged by Abdul Wali Khan, son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a member of the Shinzai tribe from Gulistan Kari, who alleged that Achakzai’s statements incited hostility toward state entities.

According to the FIR registered at Gulistan Police Station, the complainant claimed that Achakzai, while addressing a public gathering, stated that law and order conditions in Balochistan were deteriorating and that the government had failed to ensure public security. He reportedly labeled the administration a “Form-47 fake government” and suggested forming a tribal-based force to rival the Pakistan Army.

The FIR further contends that Achakzai urged citizens nationwide to act as Afghan proxies, aiming to foster discord between state institutions and the public. Authorities have charged Achakzai and other unnamed individuals under Sections 153 (promoting enmity between groups), 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), 131 (abetting mutiny), 341 (wrongful restraint), 147 (rioting), and 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the Pakistan Penal Code, in addition to violating the Balochistan Sound System Regulation Act, 2016.

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