{"id":8176,"date":"2019-11-14T14:56:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T09:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pakistanpressfoundation.org\/?p=96968"},"modified":"2019-11-14T14:56:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T09:56:07","slug":"journalist-acquitted-in-cybercrime-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/journalist-acquitted-in-cybercrime-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist acquitted in cybercrime case"},"content":{"rendered":"
QUETTA: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday acquitted a journalist in a cybercrime case.<\/p>\n
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had registered a first information report against Zafarullah Achakzai under the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (2016) in June 2017 for spreading misinformation against the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) on social media.<\/p>\n
The court on Wednesday issued his release orders. It said that due to insufficient evidence and contradiction in the statements of the witness, it acquitted Mr Zafarullah.<\/p>\n