Tweets Cannot Incite A Mutiny In The Military: Islamabad High Court

In an order issued by the Islamabad High Court, noted that a tweet from an 'insignificant' account cannot be identified as a cause of inciting mutiny in the military.

An FIR had been filed by the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) against a man named Kashif Far­eed for allegedly ‘defa­ming the armed for­ces’ through a controversial tweet which was against COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa and the army.

Justice Sattar stated that the FIA lacked the jurisdiction to take cognisance of any complaint registered under the Section 505 of the PPC.

Moreover, Section 500 deals with “printing an individual’s name in a matter known to be defamatory,” but the said tweet did not mention the name of any individual noted Justice Sattar.

The order described the FIR as “a breach of fundamental rights,” and that the act of the FIR was an act of “high-handedness” on part of the FIA.