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03 September 2026 rule-of-law lahore police court-order harassment punjab

Harassed after an acquittal — what the Court said

A recorded call, a 2017 acquittal by an Anti-Terrorism Court, and the Lahore Sessions Court's order of 21 August 2026 directing the police not to cause any illegal, undue or unjustified harassment. The two-and-a-half-minute video, in English and Urdu, with the court's words quoted exactly.

This is a statement of record by Muhammad Kashif Irshad. The voice in the video is AI; the words are his.

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What the recording is

What you hear in the video is an excerpt from an original recording of a call made on 24 July 2026. Nothing inside it was added, removed or changed; only the audio was cleaned so the words are audible. The complete recording is preserved, and its SHA-256 fingerprint was published on 27 July 2026.

Where this began: 2017

This did not begin in 2026. In 2017, Anti-Terrorism Court-II, Lahore, examined the case the police had brought. On 24 October 2017 the court found the prosecution story:

“full of contradictions, discrepancies and doubts”

and

“not found worthy of credence”

and acquitted the accused of the charge, “while giving them benefit of doubt”. Those are the judgment’s own words, and the video shows the page.

Nine years later: 2026

In 2026 the pressure returned over the same closed case — false claims about tax, and threats to block bank accounts. So the matter went to court a second time.

The Court’s order of 21 August 2026

On 21 August 2026 the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Lahore, in case 200077826 (Muhammad Kashif Irshad vs IG etc.), disposed of the petition with a short order directing the police:

“SHO is directed to not to cause any sort of illegal, undue and unjustified harassment to the petitioner, if petitioner is not involved in any other criminal case.”

The wording above is the order’s own, including its grammar, because a quotation from a court order is never tidied. The petitioner is not involved in any other criminal case.

Check it yourself. The case record is public on the District Judiciary Punjab case management system: Muhammad Kashif Irshad VS IG etc — case 200077826, Disposed-Off 21-08-2026. The short order is printed there under Disposal Detail. This is what the page showed on 3 September 2026:

District Judiciary Punjab case record: Muhammad Kashif Irshad VS IG etc, case 200077826, Disposed-Off, decided 21-08-2026 by Malik Muhammad Latif, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Lahore. Short order: SHO is directed to not to cause any sort of illegal, undue and unjustified harassment to the petitioner, if petitioner is not involved in any other criminal case.

Why it is published

The law does work — with a document, a lawyer, and patience. The point of putting this on record is not the call; it is the two orders, nine years apart, and the fact that both were obtained without raising a voice or a hand.

The videos are served from this site rather than a platform, and their SHA-256 fingerprints are kept alongside the originals, so that what is shown here is exactly what was made.

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