FIA arrests over dozen PTI social media activists on false propaganda charges
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency has launched the crackdown against the social media users creating hatred and propaganda online against the Pakistan Army.
FIA officials said on Sunday 22 people suspected of publishing hate material are in custody, and include activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
It was in this regard that PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi visited the FIA Headquarters on Sunday to inquire into condition of their activists.
Talking to the media after the meeting, he said “We stand by our [detained] activists and their families. They have not been nominated in any FIR specifically.” He added that freedom of expression and democracy go hand-in-hand.
In a tweet on Sunday, PTI MNA from Islamabad Asad Umar said the party will be holding a protest against the ‘harassment of social media activists’ in front of the Islamabad Press Club at 5pm on Monday.
