Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali Thursday directed the concerned authorities to block a fake Facebook account associated with him, said Supreme Court spokesman.
“Justice Jamali has instructed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to take action against those operating his fake account under relevant law,” said the SC spokesman.
“Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali is neither using any Facebook account or page nor any other ID on any other social media websites,” the spokesman added.
The chief justice also directed the authorities to take legal action against the delinquents in accordance with the law.
Earlier this year, parliament passed Cyber Crime Act 2016 to help Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to counter ever-rising cyber crime such as cyber stalking, fake and stolen identities on Facebook, Twitter and other social media links to counter cyber crimes.
However, the act also attracted criticism of the civil society organisations for curbing human rights and giving overreaching powers to law enforcement agencies.