Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Friday remanded a journalist, who was arrested for allegedly spreading a "provocative narrative" against state institutions, into the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency for two days. Khalid Jamil of ABN News channel was arrested by the FIA in Islamabad on Thursday, according to the channel.
He appeared before the Islamabad district and sessions court, which remanded him in two-day FIA custody to investigate the charges. The first information report registered by the FIA stated that Jamil was found sharing and propagating highly intimidating content/tweets on social media/Twitter (now X).
The accused had knowingly misinterpreted and disseminated anti-state narrative by sharing false misleading and baseless information which are also likely to cause fear in the public and may incite anyone to commit an offence against the state or the state institution or public tranquility, it said. The FIA said such intimidating content of blaming and naming through social media accounts, is a mischievous act of subversion to create a rift between general public and state institutions to harm the state of Pakistan.
Through such intimidating content, including videos, Jamil attempted to provoke the general public against the state institutions including judiciary, by trying to create a feeling of ill-will among pillars of the state, the probe agency said. The media community condemned Jamil's arrest and called for a clear explanation for the action taken.