According to Independent Urdu, FIA Islamabad and FIA Rawalpindi offices have expressed ignorance of any such action against journalists and said that no complaint has been lodged against any journalist and no case has been registered against him. Is listed.
According to the website, the news regarding the cases against 49 people actually reached various media houses through a viral WhatsApp message. The people against whom the FIA has claimed to have registered cases include columnist Ammar Masood, journalist Aizaz Syed, Asad Toor, Ibteham Afghan, Murtaza Solangi and Umar Cheema among others.
According to the WhatsApp message, the FIA said that cases have been registered against journalists and social media activists for making baseless allegations on social media. Strict action will be taken against those who spread propaganda against state institutions and security forces on the basis of evidence, and those who make baseless allegations on social media will not escape punishment.
Speaking to the website, journalist Omar Cheema said, "A friend of the media told me that this message was also issued in all the media offices and it was directed that it should also be aired on TV. Who sent this message and where did it come from? If a message has been issued for media coverage, it must have been issued from an official level because it is not possible for anyone to type the message and put it in groups. And let him go on TV. "
According to Omar Cheema, an inquiry has been going on for the last four to five months and evidence is being gathered so that a case can be filed against a journalist who does not like it.
