PTI social media activist sent to prison

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A local court on Friday sent a social media activist of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Qazi Jalal, to the Peshawar Central Prison for tweeting allegations against judges of the superior court.

After completion of his two day physical custody with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the activist was produced before court of judicial magistrate Mohammad Asif Jadoon

A team of the FIA Cyber Crimes Wing had arrested the suspect from his residence on Tuesday.

The FIA claimed that the suspect had posted critical and libelous material about judges of the superior courts on his social media profile on Twitter. The complaint was lodged by a family member of a judge of the Peshawar High Court.

The suspect has been charged under sections 36 and 37 of the Pakistan Electronic Transaction Ordinance, 2002. Section 36 deals with violation of privacy of information while 37 is about causing damage to information system.