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Pakistani court warns FIA against misuse of authority
Islamabad: The cybercrime wing of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency received a jolt from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) when it warned the body to exercise its powers judiciously or else the court would impose a heavy cost on the investigation officers for misuse of authority.
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah was hearing the petitions filed against the ongoing inquiries by the FIA’s cybercrime wing against journalists Bilal Ghauri, Asad Toor, and others, reports Dawn News.
When the chief justice inquired from the FIA cybercrime wing’s director Babar Bakhat Qureshi about a number of pending complaints, he informed the court that they were in thousands. The chief justice then asked him why the FIA was giving the impression that it was proceeding against journalists only, the newspaper reported.
“You need to dispel this impression since crushing the dissenting voices is against the Islamic injunctions and norms of civilized society,” he remarked, adding that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) encouraged dissent in the early age of Islam.
“You are creating terror in society since you are summoning a citizen without letting him know details of the complaint,” he observed.
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