The Crime Control Department (CCD) of Lahore Police on Wednesday arrested TikTok influencer Kashif Zameer along with 13 of his security guards for openly displaying weapons in public.

 

Police officials have confirmed to media outlets that CCD personnel carried out a raid in Iqbal Town and recovered firearms from Kashif Zameer and his guards. Multiple cases have been registered against him at the CCD police station.

 

Videos of Kashif Zameer moving around the city with heavily armed guards had recently gone viral on social media. The clips showed him and his guards brandishing guns in public places.

 

His arrest comes at a time when Punjab has tightened security for the holy month of Muharram-ul-Haram. The provincial government has enforced Section 144 from June 27 to July 6, 2025, banning the public display of weapons and flammable materials without official permission.

 

Under these security measures, pillion riding has also been banned during this period. However, women, senior citizens, and law enforcement officials are exempt from this restriction.

 

This is not the first time Kashif Zameer has landed in legal trouble. He has faced charges in fraud cases before and was also arrested in April 2025 for disrespecting the Punjab Police.

 

In that case, a TikTok video showed Zameer handing a tray of money to a man wearing a police uniform at a wedding. The man was later identified as driver constable Khurram Shahzad. When police booked Shahzad, Zameer tried to defend him by posting another video where the uniform was digitally replaced with a plain black shalwar kameez using artificial intelligence. Zameer claimed the police uniform had been edited into the original footage.

 

However, during investigation, Shahzad admitted he was indeed wearing the police uniform at the wedding. Both Zameer and Shahzad were accused of disrespecting the police and spreading false information by using AI. Charges were filed under PECA’s electronic forgery and spoofing laws, along with sections of the Pakistan Penal Code. The Punjab Prosecutor General declared the case “high profile” and ordered further inquiry into the matter.

 

Zameer insisted in a video that the man in the footage was actually his personal guard, not a police officer. He claimed his “enemies” used AI to edit the video, stressing that he respects the Punjab Police.