The FIA Cyber Wing has initiated an inquiry after a video of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was uploaded from Imran Khan’s official X (Twitter) account.
When the investigation team arrived at Adiala Jail to question the PTI founder, Imran Khan refused to cooperate. Details reveal that the FIA team went to Adiala Jail to investigate the promotion of “anti-state narratives” from Khan’s official X handle. However, Khan declined to engage with the investigation.
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The FIA Cyber Crime Cell aimed to probe the dissemination of anti-state content from Khan’s account. Imran Khan refused to meet with the FIA team or participate in the investigation, stating that he would only respond to questions in the presence of his lawyers. The FIA team documented his refusal.
On May 26, a video featuring Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was tweeted from Imran Khan’s official X account while he was incarcerated in Adiala Jail. The FIA Cyber Wing has decided to investigate four PTI members regarding this issue, including Imran Khan, Barrister Gohar Khan, Omar Ayub, and Raoof Hasan. They will determine whether the video tweet was made by Khan himself or with his permission.
If the account holder was responsible for creating and sharing the anti-state propaganda, legal action would be taken. If it was done without his consent, Khan would need to submit a written request to close his X account for unauthorized use.
The FIA Cyber Crime Cell also contacted the Judicial Magistrate of Islamabad for permission to investigate Khan in Adiala Jail.
The FIA stated that anti-state videos and narratives promoted from Khan’s official X handle targeted state institutions and the Pakistan Army. The video posted on May 28 aimed to incite rebellion among officers and soldiers by distorting facts against the army, creating divisions within state institutions, and violating the PECA Act of 2016, necessitating an investigation and access to Khan for this purpose.
