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FIA tasked with probing malicious social media campaign following Balochistan copter crash

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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...

Usman Mukhtar hates social media; Wife Zunaira reveals reason

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Unusual for a showbiz celebrity, actor Usman Mukhtar is not fond of social media and hates using it, revealed his wife Zunaira Inam. During a recent Q&A session with her Instagram followers, the star wife revealed that the ‘Sinf-e-Aahan’ actor is not much into the digital world of social media and avoids using it to regularly share updates with his millions of fans. It happened so, when an Instagrammer asked Inam in the question box, “Where is your husband? Social media se bilkul ghayab ho gaye Usman, (Usman has gone completely missing from social media).” In the response, Inam dropped a picture with Mukhtar, from one of their hiking adventures, on the photo and video sharing application, and wrote: “He’s [Usman] here. He’s okay. He just hates using social media, [and] is really private.” Furthermore, the actor’s better half revealed that he even judge his wife for her social media usage time, and added, “I’ll tell him people miss him so he should drop by more often.” ...

Rangers release social media activist Arsalan Khan after hours-long detention

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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkvoRtLE0L0[/embed] Rangers spokesperson says accused has received financial assistance from terrorist organization. Spokesperson says Arsalan khan has been released after warning to cooperate in the investigation.  Later in a tweet social media activist, Arsalan khan thanks everyone for supporting in difficult times. Social media activist and journalist Arsalan Khan reached home after hours-long detention as The Sindh Rangers showed his custody and subsequently released him, Geo News reported. The social media activist Arsalan Khan was picked up from his residence in Karachi on Friday by unknown persons. According to his wife "around 14 to 15 government officials barged into their house in the wee hours and pointed guns at the family members". “Arsalan was picked up despite being innocent. The government officials took him with them in front of my children,” she added. According to the statement issued by the Sindh...