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The federal government has constituted a 5-member joint investigation team (JIT) to investigate the organised anti-state malicious social media campaign.
The JIT, formed under Section 30 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016, will identify and prosecute individuals responsible for creating chaos and disorder in Sate through online propaganda.
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The JIT will be headed by IG Islamabad police and its two senior officials of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have also been included in the investigation committee.
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The director of cybercrime (FIA), director of the counter-terrorism wing (FIA), deputy inspector general (Investigation) and senior superintendent of police (Counter Terrorism Department) are the other members of the committee.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior on July 26, the JIT will “investigate and determine the organised objectives of the accused and their accomplices who have created chaos and disorder in Pakistan through malicious social media campaign[s].”
The panel is also tasked to identify and prosecute the culprits in accordance with the applicable laws.
The firewall will also be used to identify the locations from where the propaganda material is being originated
The move comes after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government constituted special courts to conduct trials of cases under the Peca Act.