*ISLAMABAD: *
An Islamabad-based journalist, Asad Ali Toor has been booked on charges ofspreading “negative propaganda” against the state and its institutionsthrough his social media posts.
Toor shared a copy of the FIR on his Twitter account on Monday.
The complaint, registered by a resident of Rawalpindi named Ehtisham Ahmed,states that, “[Toor] spread negative propaganda and used derogatorylanguage against the government institutions, including the Pakistan Army,which was a grave crime according to the law.”
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Toor has been booked under sections 505 (statements conducing to publicmischief), 500 (punishment for defamation) and 499 (defamation) and of thePakistan Penal Code and sections 37 (unlawful online content), 11 (hatespeech) and 20 (offences against dignity of a person) of the PakistanElectronic Crimes Act 2016.This is the third case of journalists being booked for “spreading hatred”against the state and its institutions in four days.
