The Federal Investigation Agency’s team interrogated former prime minister Imran Khan in connection with posting “anti-state” social media posts on his X account.
Sources told Aaj News that Khan appeared before the FIA’s Cyber Crime team with his lawyers. They asked him 16 questions and also showed him the controversial video.
The case is related to a May 26 post on Khan’s account in which he shared a video and urged people to study the Hamoodur Rahman Commission report. The video showed former Bangladesh president Sheikh Mujeebur Rehman.
In reaction, the FIA Cyber Crime Wing launched an investigation into the controversial post sought permission from the judicial magistrate to interrogate the Adiala Jail inmate for sharing “anti-state activities” and “anti-state narratives” on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
The institution has claimed the content was allegedly shared from Khan’s profile.
Khan is serving out his sentences in the cypher and the iddat cases at the Punjab’s jail. On May 30, he appeared through a video link in the Supreme Court in the National Accountability Bureau law amendment case.
According to the plea, Khan allegedly built a false narrative and spread misinformation against state institutions of Pakistan, including the army, through his X account having more than 20 million followers.
The wing contended that the video was “misleading, intimidating, and amounts to inciting an officer/soldier of armed forces of Pakistan to mutiny.”
It alleged that the post was purportedly a mischievous act of subversion within the various ranks of the armed forces of Pakistan and created a rift among the pillars of the state.
The alleged video is viewed by more than four million X users, over 50,000 have liked it, and 38,000 have re-shared it on the social media platform, according to the application.
Earlier this week, party spokesperson Rauf Hasan said that a decision on whether to delete the controversial social media post would be made after input from the PTI’s legal committee.
