FIA's notices to journalists are worst example of censorship: CJ IHC

ISLAMABAD   -  The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday served notices to Attorney General of Pakistan and other senior lawyers for assistance in case regarding powers of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) under anti cyber crime Act. The court questioned that whether section 20 of cyber crime act was contradicting the Articles 14, 19 and 19A of the Constitution. Justice Athar Minallah conducted hearing on a petition filed by a journalist Asad Toor who challenged FIA's notice to him.  The chief justice observed, “FIA's notices are the worst example of censorship.” “If the actions were started on criticism then it would not stop anywhere,” he said. The chief justice further observed that the FIA had been taking partial actions, adding that the court had never seen the FIA appeared before the court preparing a case against one from treasury benches.

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