Saudi court jails man for recording Masjid-e-Nabawi incident
A Pakistani national named Muhammad Tahir has been sentenced to three years in prison by a court in Saudi Arabia for filming a video inside Masjid-e-Nabawi and sharing it on TikTok. He will have to pay a fine of SAR10,000.
He was traced by his audio.
وزیراعظم میاں شہباز شریف کے مسجد نبوی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم میں حاظری کے موقع پرشوروغوغا کی ویڈیو بنا کر وائرل کرنے والے پاکستانی اور پی ٹی آئی کے سپورٹرپاکستانی محمد طاہر کو سعودی عرب کی مدینہ منورہ کی تین ججز پر مشتمل عدالت کی طرف سے تین سال قید اور دس ہزار ریال کی سزا۔ pic.twitter.com/hqQSWADfbp
— Saleem Safi (@SaleemKhanSafi) June 8, 2022
The incident took place in April. Responding to the incident in Saudi Arabia, federal Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb said that there is a specific group who chanted those slogans. She also said that she prayed for those people at Masjid-e-Nabawi. In videos that were widely shared on social media, Pakistani delegation including Marriyum Aurangzeb was seen surrounded by people yelling “chor chor”.
مریم ارنگزیب کا ردِعمل @Marriyum_A pic.twitter.com/CpTjsuKRor
— Abdullah Sultan (@abdullahsultan) April 28, 2022
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PM Shehbaz Sharif went on a three day visit in Saudi Arabia. He was warmly received by the Governor of Madina Prince Faisal Bin Salman and high level Saudi officials.
Federal Ministers Bialwal Bhutto-Zardari, Miftah Ismail, Shahzain Bugti, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Khawaja Asif, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, and MNAs Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Mohsin Dawar accompanied the Prime Minister.