Terrorism

Pakistani Student Sentenced to Over 2 Years in Prison for Seeking Bomb-Making Tutorials

Strategic Insights

May 25, 2025 — 1 min read

A Pakistani university student, Hannan Abdullah, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison, along with a fine of PKR 50,000, for seeking bomb-making tutorials on social media platforms. Abdullah, a student of Human Resource Studies at the University of Narowal in Punjab province, was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in 2022 for his alleged involvement in terrorist activities through social media. He had used Facebook and Instagram to connect with individuals linked to terrorist activities in Iraq, and had even established contacts with a banned outfit through Facebook.

Key Takeaways:

Hannan Abdullah, a Pakistani university student, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for seeking bomb-making tutorials on social media platforms.
Abdullah was fined PKR 50,000 in addition to the prison term handed down by ATC Judge Manzer Ali Gill.
He was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in 2022 for his alleged involvement in terrorist activities through social media.
Abdullah used Facebook and Instagram to connect with individuals linked to terrorist activities in Iraq and had even established contacts with a banned outfit through Facebook.
He used the Instagram handle 'Ibn-e-Abdullah Al-Pakistani' and engaged in conversations with a user identified as 'Professional Cook 67' which included instructions on making explosives.
The FIA received a complaint against Abdullah from the FBI, which provided chat logs and email evidence tied to the suspect's Instagram account.
Investigators claimed that Abdullah had been watching YouTube videos on bomb-making and searching for related materials on Amazon.

Statistics:

Abdullah was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.
He was fined PKR 50,000.
He was arrested by the FIA in 2022.
He used WhatsApp and Facebook to connect with individuals linked to terrorist activities in Iraq.
He had established contacts with a banned outfit through Facebook.

Sources:

PTI news agency report
Pakistani news portal The Dawn
Hindustan Times
FBI (no direct reference in original text)

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