FIA Officer Allegedly Suspended Over A Tweet & Pakistanis Now Demand #JusticeforAsifIqbal

via https://youtu.be/XfALu6tRDzQ The Federal Investigation Agency Cybercrime Wing suspended its Assistant Director Muhammad Asif Iqbal for acting as a spokesperson for the cybercrime department without the permission of the department on Thursday. Earlier, Iqbal registered an FIR against singer Meesha Shafi and eight others for their alleged involvement in a smear campaign against singer-actor Ali Zafar. Iqbal has been suspended on the basis of a tweet he made to explain Section 20 of the Prevention of Electronic Media Crimes Act 2016, related to the case against Shafi and others. According to the rules and regulations of the FIA, an officer cannot create a social media account without permission. Moreover, he did not get suspended for filing a case against Shafi and others. Instead, for violating FIA rules and regulations for having a Twitter account without permission. According to FIA’s tweet, Iqbal is suspended and issued an explanation on maintaining a private Twitter account bearing CCW which stands for Cyber Crime Wing. #ccw #CCWFIA pic.twitter.com/ch85W7m1SQ — Cyber Crime Wing – FIA (@cybercrimefia) October 2, 2020 Ali Zafar & Meesha Shafi case He further stated that most of these fake accounts were allegedly linked to Shafi and her lawyer.