A district court judge in Lahore directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to proceed under the law if any cognisable offence was made out after receiving the opinion of the Ulema Board on a petition seeking an FIR against former president Dr Arif Alvi over his alleged blasphemous remarks in a video that circulated on social media.

However, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shafqat Shahbaz Raja disposed of the petition, filed by Shehzada Adnan through advocate Mudassir Chaudhry, contending that former president Alvi had used alleged blasphemous language in a video circulated on the internet.

The FIA, in its reply to the petition, stated that a regular inquiry had been registered and marked to Abdul Basit, Sub-Inspector of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA).

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