A person using Twitter named Shahbaz Sharif was tracked and arrested by FIA. The account is now closed.
On Monday, the Prime Minister’s focal person on digital media, Abu Bakar Omar revealed that the person behind the fake account is being traced and action has been taken against him.
Dissent is welcome. Disinformation is not.
Person behind this account (RameezRajaLive) has been traced & apprehended for impersonating the PM & misleading the people.
He confessed it and a case u/s 16, PECA 2016 r/w 419, 505 PPC has been registered.
Law to take its course. pic.twitter.com/7XgPtG52Ol
— Abubakar Umer (@abubakarumer) May 23, 2022
The post read:
Dissent is welcome. Disinformation is not. Person behind this account (RameezRajaLive) has been traced & apprehended for impersonating the PM & misleading the people. He confessed it and a case u/s 16, PECA 2016 r/w 419, 505 PPC has been registered. Law to take its course.
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The man used this account other than having his own account in his name. The man was arrested on Monday, just a day after the complaint was filed.