Anti-state content: Govt launches crack down on social media activists
By Web Desk
May 21, 2017
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Sunday that 41 suspects were being investigated for uploading anti-state content on social media.
A senior official said that some two dozen suspects were in FIA custody.
He said out of the two dozen suspects eight belonged to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
Meanwhile, PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday visited his party activists being detained at the FIA headquarters, Geo News reported.
Speaking to media, Qureshi said his party stands by the workers and added that they had not been nominated in any specific case.
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