FIA Cybercrime Wing launches inquiry into ‘social media campaign’ against Saudi crown prince. The Federal Investigation Agency FIA Cyber crime Wing has registered inquiries against certain journalists and groups for allegedly starting a targeted social media campaign against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salmans visit in February. Federal Investigation Agency issued a letter in this regard, which caught the attention of the masses when journalist Murtaza Solangi, whose name is present in the letter, criticized the government in a tweet.
The letter signed by FIA Additional Director Cybercrime Wing Chaudhry Abdul Rauf ordered all additional directors of the FIA in Rawalpindi to register inquiries against the six journalists and four groups named in the letter.
These include:
Matiullah Jan
Murtaza Solangi
Azaz Syed
Ammar Masood
Umer Cheema
Ahmed Waqas Goraya
Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM)
Imamia Students Organization (ISO)
Hizbul Tahrir Pak
Tameer-i-Watan Party
“A targeted social media campaign was planned/executed against the [crown prince’s] visit, during which [a] few social media activists and groups remained particularly consistent/active till the very last day of the visit,” the letter said
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