Islamabad F-6 cafe sealed, FIR registered after alleged dance party videos go viral

A video of an event at a café in Islamabad’s posh F-6 sector is going viral on social media today. The video is allegedly showing dance and other entertainment activities after which the place was sealed, and a First Information Report (FIR) was registered, according to the reports.

Islamabad F-6 cafe ‘dance party’ videos go viral

Journalist Rana Ashraf wrote on the social media platform X that after videos of the dance party went viral on social media, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Islamabad took action against the sheesha cafe in F-6 and sealed the premises.

The administration has also registered an FIR against the café’s owner, Shujaat Afzal, and the event organiser, Faisal Matloob, according to the reports.

After the videos went viral, many social media users criticised the event. The netizens questioned what was happening in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and who had allowed such activities.

Social media users appeared divided on the issue. While some argued that there was nothing wrong with the event, several netizens demanded that the administration take notice.

They also demanded that an immediate clarification regarding the applicable rules, regulations, permits, and SOPs be issued.

Journalist Ansar Abbasi wrote, “I request the government and Islamabad administration to take effective action regarding various parks that have become hubs for drug peddling and substance abuse.”

Further, he added, “Additionally, arrangements should be made to prevent inappropriate activities in the parks and to ensure better oversight, so that these places remain safe for families and citizens.”

Meanwhile, journalist Moeed Pirzada questioned the action, asking, “What’s wrong with this? Which citizens have demanded it?”

Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry also criticised the move, tagging Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. “Unable to understand what’s the offence here? No drinks no drugs people gathering is made interference? And than Geseral Govtvwant people to invest in Pakistan…. No one will invest under Takibanized Pakistan .. choose your bets carefully,” he wrote.