Tag: FIA
Mohsin Baig case: FIA official issued show-cause over raid
A senior official of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was issued a show-cause notice on Monday by the Islamabad High Court over exceeding authority during a raid on media owner Mohsin Baig’s residence in Islamabad on February 16.
Media owner Baig arrested after scuffle with FIA officials
Media owner Mohsin Baig was arrested on Friday from his residence in Islamabad in connection with a cyber defamation case filed by Federal Minister Murad Saeed
Harassment of journalists can’t go on: Alam
Former PEMRA chair Absar Alam talks about the unseen forces targeting journalists
Journalists demand FIA withdraw cases against journalists in Lahore demo
Journalists held a protest demonstration to call for withdrawal of cases against Amir Mir & Imran Shafqat
Journalists given FIA notices have not been given complaint copy
President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary-General Nasir Zaidi said now it was clear that the incumbent government was bent upon denying the freedom of speech and press and could not face criticism, which was a hallmark of transparency and accountability
Rights Watch | July 1st 2021
Police have arrested a cleric on charges of raping a nine-year-old girl in Pattoki tehsil of Kasur.
Toor not to appear before FIA, says receiving online threats
June 1st, 2021; By Ahmed Saeed; LAHORE; Journalist Asad Toor says that he has not received any FIA notice at his address, & that he came to know about the summons from unknown numbers spamming his WhatsApp messages. Toor’s counsel Imaan Hazir says her client will not appear before the FIA.
8 children are abused daily in Pakistan: Sahil
April 8th, 2021; By Rehan Piracha; LAHORE; 8 children were abused daily in Pakistan last year, states Sahil in its report Cruel Numbers 2020 about statistics on various forms of child sexual abuse reported in newspapers across the country.
IHC reprimands FIA over misuse of cyber crime law
October 15th, 2020; Bureau Report; LAHORE; Islamabad High Court (IHC) has reprimanded the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over misuse of powers under the cybercrime law during the hearing of a journalist’s petition against the raid on his house.
FIA didn’t lodge cases against journalists, clarifies Mazari
September 25th, 2020; By Rehan Piracha & Ahmed Saeed; LAHORE; Shireen Mazari, Federal Minister for Human Rights, clarified that the FIA did not lodge FIRs against journalists and social media activists under the country's cybercrimes law, adding though that the agency has received a complaint against 12 journalists.
