Man arrested for issuing 'threats' to CJP Faiz Isa online

A suspect was arrested by law enforcement for allegedly participating in an online threatening campaign against Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa.

The man identified as Abul Wasay is a resident of Rawalpindi, who made threatening remarks to the CJP. He also attempted to defame his character on the micro-blogging site ‘X’. 

The development came after the government established a joint investigation team on Wednesday to identify and prosecute those responsible for running an online threatening campaign targeting the judiciary and government officials.

“The rest of the people involved in the campaign will be identified and legal action will be taken against them," an official was quoted as saying. 

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is leading the probing team comprising a 20-grade officer from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), alongside a deputy inspector general from Islamabad Police and a representative from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). 

The team can call upon other individuals, such as IT experts, as needed.

"To ascertain facts behind malicious social media campaign attempting to malign the image of honourable judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, to identify and to bring the culprits to book in accordance with the relevant laws and cause presentation of challans in the courts concerned, and to recommend measures for prevention against the occurrence of such incidents in future,” the government notification read. 

The JIT has a 15-day deadline to submit a preliminary report to the Interior Ministry.