Film’s team trolled: court asks FB to give data to FIA
2018-12-20
LAHORE: A special judicial magistrate has asked the security department of Facebook to provide the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) with details of an account allegedly involved in running a vilification campaign on the social networking website against production team of an upcoming film ‘Legend of Maula Jatt.’
Ms Ammara, a resident of DHA, filed a complaint with the FIA pleading that a Facebook account namely “M Muttaqi S Ali” had been uploading maligning posts against the complainant and Bilal Lashari, the producer of the film.
The verification officer of the FIA told the court that the allegation of the complainant had been verified from the Facebook account of the suspect. He asked the court to issue a direction to the administration of the social networking website to furnish details of the account since its creation to the last activity.
The magistrate directed the security department of the Facebook to provide the FIA with the required details.
Mr Ali in his posts accuses the film’s production team of deliberately violating copyrights of veteran film producer Muhammad Sarwar Bhatti, who had produced the original Maula Jatt.
Warrants: An anti-terrorism court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for PML-N MPA Saiful Malook Khokhar for not appearing before it to record evidence in murder case of his nephew.
The court issued the warrants after Khokhar failed to turn up despite repeated summons for his testimony. ATC judge Abdul Qayum directed the Johar Town police to produce him on Dec 22.
Imran Shafi Khokhar, nephew of the MPA, was murdered during an armed clash with rivals at a wedding ceremony. Later, one of the prime suspects of the murder was also gunned down near sessions court.—Staff Reporter