Judicial Magistrate in Lahore on Wednesday put the man in custody of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for two days for allegedly working smear campaign against army and its leader former prime minister Imran Khan was overthrown no-confidence motion.
The FIA told the court that the man had initiated campaign against army commander through his Twitter account.
He urged the magistrate to approve the 14-day arrest. of suspect, but the court approved for two day arrest.
The suspect was arrested by the FIA from Lahore. on Tuesday.
Then in day the FIA detained at least eight people from all over the Punjab after he started the suppression on social media activists who, in his opinion, were involved in a campaign against army.
Action against arrested men accepted by sections of controversial prevention of Electronic Crime Law.
FIA Anti-Terror Wing Takes Action After Violation drive against army commander was launched on social network sites after Imran’s dismissal on April 10th in commemoration of a no-confidence move joint opposition in National Assembly.
With last Sunday most popular hashtags on Twitter targeted the military, the judiciary and new government and on tuesday tweets using these hashtags have grown to 4.3 million.
“We arrested about eight suspects. in connection with a social media campaign against army and judiciary from different parts of Punjab including Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad and Gujrat. More arrests expected in in the coming days, FIA official said Dawn.
Yesterday, meeting of Pakistan Army officials also noted of recent criticism of the institution on social media.
“Forum took note of recent propaganda campaign blacken with some quarters [the] pakistani army and creation division between the institution and society,” the military’s statement said. media said the wing.
He had added what the congregation expressed “complete confidence in a balanced position of the leadership on the observance of the Constitution and rule of law at any cost.”
Forum also emphasized that national security of Pakistan was sacred. “The Pakistan Army has always supported government agencies to guard it and will always be without any compromise.”
