KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to take action against television actress Kabra Khan for defamatory and insulting posts on social media sites. Online content should be blocked.
Last week, UK-based YouTuber and retired army officer Adil Farooq Raja made serious allegations against some actresses by mentioning their initials – S.A, K.K, M.H and H.K.
Netizens linked the names of four actresses to respond to the allegations on social media. One of those actresses was Kubra, who asked Raja to either produce evidence for her claims, withdraw the statement, apologize publicly or she would take stern action and file a defamation case.
The interim order came on a petition filed by the actress against the defamatory and defamatory campaign against her and three other TV actresses on social media. The petitioner contended that a YouTuber who claimed to be a rights activist and an ex-army officer had defamed four actresses from the media industry by making false allegations against them and hurt their honor and dignity. and alleged that the agencies used them to woo politicians. Compromising positions in safe houses.
The petitioner’s counsel said that Raja later uploaded another video in which he explained the matter and retracted his earlier version but in the process irrevocably tarnished the reputation of the actress along with the petitioner. Caused harm, due to content uploaded on social. Media Sites and Cyberspace.
The lawyer submitted that the action of the YouTuber was strictly cognizable under the Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 (PECA) and the PTA should pass orders to check such illegal content and ensure removal of such content. was the designated agency for
He said that FIA and PTA were approached to remove such content but no action was taken against YouTube and neither defamatory and insulting content was removed.
The High Court was requested to direct the PTA and FIA to take immediate action against the violators of the PECA Act. A division bench of the Sindh High Court, headed by Justice Salahuddin Panhour, issued notices to FIA, PTA and others after hearing the petition and sought their response.
Meanwhile, the court directed the FIA and PTA to block such channels and handles running defamatory campaigns against the actresses and to be vigilant in this regard.
