The Nampally criminal courts on Wednesday directed the Banjara Hills police to book a case against Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and others under Section 295 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for “intentionally hurting religious feelings” through their actions. The Banjara Hills inspector, Mr Iqbal Siddiqui, said the court has referred the complaint to them and a case will be registered.
The complaint was filed by Mr Mohsin Bin Al Kasri, president of Mazlumeen Mohammadia, in the court of the third additional chief metropolitan magistrate.
According to advocate, Mr M.A. Ajeem, the petition was filed on Tuesday and the court gave directions to the police on Wednesday.
Mr Ajeem said: “The complaint is against Shoaib Malik, Ayesha Siddiqui, Sania Mirza and all their family members and relatives. Qazis, who performed the marriage and ratified the divorce have also been named as accused. The main allegation is that through the media the accused presented several aspects of marriage and divorce of the community that created ill-feeling among the people. Initially they said the marriage with Ayesha was not performed. However, later a divorce was given and second marriage was performed. This has agonised the community.” The advocates Mr A.R.C.K. Raju and Mr E. Ahmed represented the complainant. Section 295 A says any person who by deliberate and malicious acts, intends to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs is punishable with upto three years in jail or fine or both.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Sania, Shoaib to endorse welfare plan
Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza are to be declared as brand ambassadors of Pakistan’s population welfare ministry, it was announced here on Wednesday.
The country’s population welfare minister, Ms Firdous Ashiq Awan, made the announcement while speaking to reporters before leaving for India on a five-day official visit, during which she will also attend the newly-married couple’s wedding reception.
Ms Awan expressed the hope that the pair would play their role in controlling the high birth rate in both India and Pakistan.
Responding to a question, the minister said the marriage of Shoaib and Sania would help to revive the stalled sub-continental peace talks.
She said a “historical reception” would be accorded to Shoaib and Sania on their arrival in Pakistan.
The country’s population welfare minister, Ms Firdous Ashiq Awan, made the announcement while speaking to reporters before leaving for India on a five-day official visit, during which she will also attend the newly-married couple’s wedding reception.
Ms Awan expressed the hope that the pair would play their role in controlling the high birth rate in both India and Pakistan.
Responding to a question, the minister said the marriage of Shoaib and Sania would help to revive the stalled sub-continental peace talks.
She said a “historical reception” would be accorded to Shoaib and Sania on their arrival in Pakistan.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Shoaib gets dad’s name wrong
A fresh controversy surfaced in the Shoaib Malik-Sania Mirza marriage saga on Saturday with the Pakistani cricketer being accused of giving his father’s name wrongly in the papers divorcing his first wife, Ayesha Siddiqui.
In the divorce documents signed on April 7, Shoaib mentioned his father’s name as Malik Saleem Hussain while in the invitation card of his wedding with Sania, the name is given as Malik Faqeer Hussain.
Sources said in Shoaib’s passport, his father’s name is given as Malik Faqeer Hussain. Incidentally, the cricketer mentioned his father’s name as Malik Saleem Hussain in the Nikahnama of Ayesha.
Shoaib could face legal action if Ayesha’s family files a case against him on charges of furnishing false information. Some legal experts are seeing it as an attempt by Shoaib to invalidate his divorce with Ayesha by furnishing a wrong name so Sania can claim to be his first wife.
However, Mr Mohammad Rehman, lawyer of the Siddiquis, said they would consult the Wakf Board and ask for a fresh affidavit from Shoaib with his father’s correct name.
The Congress leader, Mr Abid Rasool Khan, who brokered the divorce deal, said the Siddiqui family had not raised any objections so far in connection with the issue.He played down the issue saying that a correction can be made easily by approaching the Wakf Board. “It is not a big issue,” he said.
Serious questions are being raised as to why Shoaib used a wrong name of his father in the nikahnama with Ayesha and while divorcing her.
Shoaib’s talaq with Ayesha and nikah with Sania will be registered with the same qazi of Golconda.The Wakf Board issued the divorce certificate of Shoaib and Ayesha and the same board will also issue the marriage certificate of Sania and Shoaib. Therefore, the change in name would enable Shoaib to term Sania his first wife.
Further, if Ayesha’s controversy resurfaces for any reason, then Shoaib could technically deny having divorced her citing the error in names.
In the divorce documents signed on April 7, Shoaib mentioned his father’s name as Malik Saleem Hussain while in the invitation card of his wedding with Sania, the name is given as Malik Faqeer Hussain.
Sources said in Shoaib’s passport, his father’s name is given as Malik Faqeer Hussain. Incidentally, the cricketer mentioned his father’s name as Malik Saleem Hussain in the Nikahnama of Ayesha.
Shoaib could face legal action if Ayesha’s family files a case against him on charges of furnishing false information. Some legal experts are seeing it as an attempt by Shoaib to invalidate his divorce with Ayesha by furnishing a wrong name so Sania can claim to be his first wife.
However, Mr Mohammad Rehman, lawyer of the Siddiquis, said they would consult the Wakf Board and ask for a fresh affidavit from Shoaib with his father’s correct name.
The Congress leader, Mr Abid Rasool Khan, who brokered the divorce deal, said the Siddiqui family had not raised any objections so far in connection with the issue.He played down the issue saying that a correction can be made easily by approaching the Wakf Board. “It is not a big issue,” he said.
Serious questions are being raised as to why Shoaib used a wrong name of his father in the nikahnama with Ayesha and while divorcing her.
Shoaib’s talaq with Ayesha and nikah with Sania will be registered with the same qazi of Golconda.The Wakf Board issued the divorce certificate of Shoaib and Ayesha and the same board will also issue the marriage certificate of Sania and Shoaib. Therefore, the change in name would enable Shoaib to term Sania his first wife.
Further, if Ayesha’s controversy resurfaces for any reason, then Shoaib could technically deny having divorced her citing the error in names.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Police finds proof on Shoaib
The city police has found enough prima facie evidence to arrest Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik in the cheating and harassment case filed by his alleged wife, Ms Ayesha Siddiqui, but is yet to take a decision on affecting the arrest.
Police officers are in consultation with the state government which in turn is seeking the opinion of the Union ministries of home and external affairs before taking the next steps.
Highly placed sources said the officers are discussing the pros and cons as well as the legal implications of arresting the cricketer who is slated to marry tennis star Sania Mirza on April 15.
Earlier, the police had transferred the Shoaib-Ayesha investigation to the detective department of the Central Crime Station (CCS) after questioning both of them. While Shoaib restated his innocence, Ms Ayesha said she had undergone an abortion.
Police who grilled the Pakistani cricketer at the Jubilee Hills residence of tennis star Sania Mirza in crime number 391/2010 also seized his passport.
Sania was sitting near Shoaib during the one-and-a-half hour grilling. Shoaib told the police that Ms Ayesha’s family had duped him.
The additional commissioner of police (co-ordination), Mr D. Tirumala Rao, said, “Shoaib’s passport was seized for investigation. It has not been impounded.
CCS police will send the nikahnama furnished by Ms Ayesha to the AP Forensic Science Laboratory to verify the genuineness of Shoaib’s signature.
The APFSL was closed on Monday. The lab director, Mr O.N. Murthy said, “We can finalise the report in three to four days.”
Police also recorded the statement of Ms Ayesha Siddiqui at her residence. She told them that she had an intimate relationship with Shoaib and had to undergo abortion.
In the FIR, the police has named Shoaib as A-1. None of his family members has been named.
All the case documents have been handed over to the CCS, said the Banjara Hills assistant commissioner of police, Mr R. Ravinder Reddy, who lead the team that grilled Shoaib.
The additional commissioner of police (crimes), Mr Narasimha Reddy, is now monitoring the case.
Police officers are in consultation with the state government which in turn is seeking the opinion of the Union ministries of home and external affairs before taking the next steps.
Highly placed sources said the officers are discussing the pros and cons as well as the legal implications of arresting the cricketer who is slated to marry tennis star Sania Mirza on April 15.
Earlier, the police had transferred the Shoaib-Ayesha investigation to the detective department of the Central Crime Station (CCS) after questioning both of them. While Shoaib restated his innocence, Ms Ayesha said she had undergone an abortion.
Police who grilled the Pakistani cricketer at the Jubilee Hills residence of tennis star Sania Mirza in crime number 391/2010 also seized his passport.
Sania was sitting near Shoaib during the one-and-a-half hour grilling. Shoaib told the police that Ms Ayesha’s family had duped him.
The additional commissioner of police (co-ordination), Mr D. Tirumala Rao, said, “Shoaib’s passport was seized for investigation. It has not been impounded.
CCS police will send the nikahnama furnished by Ms Ayesha to the AP Forensic Science Laboratory to verify the genuineness of Shoaib’s signature.
The APFSL was closed on Monday. The lab director, Mr O.N. Murthy said, “We can finalise the report in three to four days.”
Police also recorded the statement of Ms Ayesha Siddiqui at her residence. She told them that she had an intimate relationship with Shoaib and had to undergo abortion.
In the FIR, the police has named Shoaib as A-1. None of his family members has been named.
All the case documents have been handed over to the CCS, said the Banjara Hills assistant commissioner of police, Mr R. Ravinder Reddy, who lead the team that grilled Shoaib.
The additional commissioner of police (crimes), Mr Narasimha Reddy, is now monitoring the case.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Life ban for Younus Khan, Mohammed Yousuf
Pakistan cricket was thrown into turmoil on Wednesday with the country's Board putting an end to the international careers of former captains Mohd Yousuf and Younus Khan besides imposing a one-year ban on Shoaib Malik in the wake of the team's disastrous tour of Australia.
Pakistan were whitewashed in all three formats of the game in Australia and the PCB had set up an inquiry committee headed by Wasim Bari to probe the reasons for the debacle.
As recommended by the committee, former captain Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan were handed one-year bans.
The inquiry committee had recommended that Yousuf and Younis should no longer be part of the national team in any format because of their bad influence on the team and that Malik and Rana be banned for 12 months and fined 2 million rupees each.
The Akmal brothers -- Kamran and Umar -- and Afridi have been put on probation for six months besides being fined between Rs 2-3 million for indiscipine on the tour, the PCB statement said.
The punishments are set to impact the composition of Pakistan's World Twenty20 Championship. The team is the defending champion in this format and the 15-man squad for the event is due to be out by the end of this month.
According to sources, the report was discussed by the PCB chairman Ejaz Butt with the national selection committee on Monday as part of the selection process for the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.
"Apparently at the meeting, there were mixed reactions to the strong recommendations keeping in mind that upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies where Pakistan defends its title," the source stated.
The inquiry committee apparently had serious reservations over the attitude and commitment shown by Malik and Rana in Australia where they are accused of not cooperating with the management.
He said the captain, coach and manager on the Australian tour had reported Malik and Rana for misbehaviour and not cooperating with the management a fact confirmed by some other players who appeared before the probe committee.
This is the first time in Pakistan cricket history that the Board has taken such strong disciplinary action against so many players at one time.
Pakistan were whitewashed in all three formats of the game in Australia and the PCB had set up an inquiry committee headed by Wasim Bari to probe the reasons for the debacle.
As recommended by the committee, former captain Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan were handed one-year bans.
The inquiry committee had recommended that Yousuf and Younis should no longer be part of the national team in any format because of their bad influence on the team and that Malik and Rana be banned for 12 months and fined 2 million rupees each.
The Akmal brothers -- Kamran and Umar -- and Afridi have been put on probation for six months besides being fined between Rs 2-3 million for indiscipine on the tour, the PCB statement said.
The punishments are set to impact the composition of Pakistan's World Twenty20 Championship. The team is the defending champion in this format and the 15-man squad for the event is due to be out by the end of this month.
According to sources, the report was discussed by the PCB chairman Ejaz Butt with the national selection committee on Monday as part of the selection process for the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.
"Apparently at the meeting, there were mixed reactions to the strong recommendations keeping in mind that upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies where Pakistan defends its title," the source stated.
The inquiry committee apparently had serious reservations over the attitude and commitment shown by Malik and Rana in Australia where they are accused of not cooperating with the management.
He said the captain, coach and manager on the Australian tour had reported Malik and Rana for misbehaviour and not cooperating with the management a fact confirmed by some other players who appeared before the probe committee.
This is the first time in Pakistan cricket history that the Board has taken such strong disciplinary action against so many players at one time.
