JIT forms to probe social media campaign against SC judges

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has formed a six-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to prevent the misleading campaign on social media against Supreme Court judges.

According to the Home Ministry notification, the Additional Director General  Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) ‘s Cyber ​​Crime Wing will be the convener of the JIT. The representatives of Intelligence Bureau(IB), Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI), Deputy Inspector General(DIG) Islamabad Police, representative of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority(PTA) and any other co-opted member.

The notification states that the representative of IB and ISI included in the JIT will be a grade 20 officer.

The notification stated that JIT will identify the accused and bring them to book and give recommendations to prevent such incidents in the future.

The notification states that the JIT will trace out nefarious campaigners against Supreme Court judges and produce challans against the nefarious campaigners.

The JIT will submit a preliminary report to the Home Ministry within 15 days.

It should be noted that the lawyers’ organizations of the country have demanded action against those campaigning on social media against Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa.

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