ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) arrested 19 social media campaigners who were involved in propagating trolling posts against Pakistan army after a helicopter crash in Balochistan in August.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) took into its custody 19 people who “created, used and promoted” hashtags on Twitter to damage the military’s image.
Also, FIA has initiated investigation against more social media activists under the same charges and registered cases against 25 propagators.
Nine cases have been registered in Gujranwala circle, six in Faisalabad and eight in Islamabad.
Meanwhile, 10 similar cases were registered in Lahore and two trollers have also been rounded up from the provincial capital.
The ministry of interior gave a special order to FIA for crackdown against the social media activists involved in smear campaign against Pakistan Army.
