The director-general of the premier federal investigation agency has been directed to form a set of guidelines for its investigators who are probing complaints filed under the cybercrime laws in line with the orders of the Supreme Court while making special guidelines for probing journalists. The order stated that the notice issued to the petitioner by the FIA did not mention the date. It added that FIA’s investigation officers are entitled to ensure that their actions do not breach essential and elementary principles of fairness. Chief Justice Minallah expressed that the petitioner was a journalist who is responsible to report facts and disseminate opinions for public information. It stated that the overreach of power by the FIA against a person engaged in such an occupation was intolerable in a society governed under the constitution.

Source: The Express Tribune November 12, 2020 08:09 UTC