Social media profiles of Imran Khan, his party leaders shared with FIA for forensic test on anti-state content: Report | India News – Times of India

Islamabad: The Pakistan government has shared the social media profile of the former prime minister with the federal probe agency. Imran Khan A media report on Thursday said several other leaders of his party would be subjected to forensic tests for allegedly sharing controversial anti-state content between March 8 and May 9.
Total 23 links from Instagram, Facebook And Twitter Samaa TV, citing police details, reported that leaders of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have been referred to the FIA.
The FIA ​​is Pakistan’s lead agency at the national level for investigating federal crimes.
Police said the links shared are based on videos and posts of PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Murad said And the statements of Hammad Azhar and political leaders will also form part of the final report of the Joint Investigation Team on the May 9 violence cases, the report said.
A forensic test is being conducted on the video and post on the allegedly anti-state statements contained in the shared link.
“The forensic report of the link will be made a part of the investigation report. Youth were instigated against the state through the use of social media,” the report said.
On 9 May, violent protests broke out in Islamabad following the arrest of 70-year-old Khan in a corruption case by paramilitary Rangers. Khan was later released on bail.
Activists of his party PTI vandalized more than 20 military installations and government buildings, including the Lahore Corps Commander House, the Mianwali Airbase and the ISI building in Faisalabad. at army headquarters rawalpindi was also attacked by the mob for the first time.
The federal cabinet has decided that protesters who vandalized military installations on May 9 will be prosecuted under the stringent Army Act and the Official Secrets Act.
PTI chairman Khan has been raising slogans against the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)-led coalition government after being ousted last year by a no-confidence motion in Parliament.
The violence drew a strong response from the government and the military, with a pledge to act against the guilty, which continued to crack down on those involved.
Law enforcement agencies have arrested over 10,000 activists of Khan’s Pakistan Party across Pakistan, of whom 4,000 are from Pakistan. Punjab province.
The Punjab Home Department has constituted 10 separate Joint Investigation Teams to probe the attacks and violent protests that took place on 9 May, which was termed as “Black Day” by the Pakistan Army.
Khan is facing over 100 cases across the country.