The man named Naimat, presently residing in an area of Peshawar, was arrested on Thursday by officials over displaying an Afghan flag on a billboard near Board Bazaar area of the city. Judicial Magistrate's court had earlier given one-day remand of the man to police in the case.
An FIR was registered against him under section 153-A of Pakistan Penal Code, dealing with charges of promoting enmity among different segments of the population. The police alleged that the suspect deliberately displayed the flag on the occasion of Pakistan Independence Day with a motive to create hatred and disharmony among Afghan refugees and Pakistani citizens on ethnic grounds.