PTI leaders Gohar Khan, Omar Ayub and Raoof Hasan asked to appear before probe agency on Wednesday
\nMonitoring Desk
\nIslamabad
\nA day after several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders made contradictory remarks on the controversy surrounding a video about the 1971 fall of Dhaka posted from party founder\u2019s X account, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday issued notices to three more PTI leaders.
\nAs per the notices, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan, Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan and Information Secretary Raoof Hasan have been summoned before the probe agency at 11am on Wednesday.
\nThe controversial post on X, formerly Twitter, was attributed to the deposed premier, which read: \u201cEvery Pakistani should study the Hamood ur Rahman Commission Report and get to know who was the true traitor, General Yahya Khan or Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.\u201d
\nOn Thursday, the FIA\u2019s Cyber Crime Reporting Center notified the PTI founder, who remains incarcerated at Adiala jail, of initiating an action against him over his controversial tweet and reached the prison later that night to question him.
\nHowever, the former premier had refused to meet the probe agency\u2019s anti-cybercrime team and become part of the probe related to his controversial social media post.
\nThe FIA had raised objection on the alleged \u201cmisuse\u201d of Imran\u2019s verified X account through which \u201chighly obnoxious and inciting content against state institutions\u201d had been shared.
\nThe notice, a copy of which is available with Geo News, stated that the said post was \u201clikely to cause fear or alarm in the public and may induce\/provoke anyone to commit an offence against the state or state institution or public tranquility\u201d.
\nThe PTI trio was directed to appear in person before FIA Sub-Inspector Muhammad Monib Zafar to record their statements in their defence at the FIA Cyber Crime Reporting Centre on Wednesday \u201cin the interest of justice\u201d.
\n\u201cIn case of non-appearance, proceedings u\/s 174 PPC. will be initiated against you,\u201d the notification said, referring to Pakistan Penal Code Section 174 (non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant).
\nIt may be noted that the PTI members including the three top leaders, Ali Muhammad Khan and National Assembly member Zain Qureshi seemed confused over its endorsement or a clear rejection of the controversial post from the founder\u2019s X handle.
\nCommenting on the questionable X post, the party\u2019s lawmaker Ali Muhammad Khan claimed on Friday that Imran Khan was unaware of the post and decided to \u201cpersonally approve\u201d social media content in future.
\nThe PTI lawmaker dissociated the imprisoned former premier from the controversial video posted on the latter\u2019s verified X account which drew severe criticism from all quarters, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
\nMeanwhile, Barrister Gohar said that the video was shared on Imran\u2019s X account in the current political scenario.
\nOn the other hand, Hasan first demanded the conducting of a probe and then retracted his statement by saying that he did not watch the video.
\nAfter facing a strong wave of criticism, the party\u2019s core committee said in a statement a day earlier that they rejected the FIA probe into Imran\u2019s social media post. It added that the registration of a new case against the PTI founder based on a social media post would be unwarranted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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