FIA tasked with probing malicious social media campaign following Balochistan copter crash
An exterior shot of the FIA headquarters. — Facebook/File An investigation of the malicious social media propaganda following the martyrdom of army officers in the Balochistan helicopter crash has been entrusted to the Federal Investigation Agency. An inquiry was registered at the FIA Cyber Crime Wing, it emerged on Sunday. A joint investigation team headed by Additional Director General Cybercrimes Muhammad Jafar has been formed. The investigation team includes Director Operations Waqar Chauhan, Additional Director Ayaz, and Assistant Director Imran Haider, besides three other officers, sources told Geo News . The development follows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif characterising the campaign as "horrifying". "The social media campaign belittling and ridiculing the sacrifices of our martyrs was horrifying," he wrote in a message on Twitter. The prime minister attributed such vitriol to "self-righteous political narratives". "They poison the mi...