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Justice Sh. Azmat Saeed put off the matter after a deputy attorney general failed to appear before the court today.
The petition was filed by Muhammad & Ahmad, a public interest litigation company through its chairman Mohammad Azhar Siddique.
The petitioner-counsel pleaded the court in his petition that due to holding of fresh competition, SHO Civil Lines Police Station be directed to register a criminal case under Section 295-C and other relevant provisions of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against the perpetrators.
Petitioner has sought directions for the federal government to stop display of material with respect to blasphemy of any religion or Holy Prophet (PBUH) on Facebook and all other such websites in Pakistan.
He said the government be directed to establish a permanent authority, having legal status, who would monitor such objectionable activities across the world, so that blasphemy of the Holy Prophet(PBUH) should be banned forever, including other personalities of all religions.
