KP CM Afridi booked under PECA law over remarks against state institutions

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - A case has been registered against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on charges of damaging the reputation of state institutions through false and misleading statements.

According to reports, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency has filed the case under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) following a citizen’s complaint at the Cyber Crime Reporting Centre in Islamabad.

The FIR accuses Afridi of spreading videos on social media containing false, baseless, and misleading statements aimed at inciting hatred and creating confusion against state institutions.

The text of the complaint further states that the videos circulated online attempted to harm the image of the state and national security institutions.

Kundi condemns CM Sohail Afridi's remarks against security forces

It also alleges that the KP chief minister made a media statement outside Adiala Jail containing false claims against state institutions, which was later shared through the official Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social media pages.

Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi strongly condemned the remarks of Chief Minister Sohail Afridi against the security forces.

Faisal Karim Kundi said that questioning the intentions of the armed forces undermines their morale and also harms public security.

The Khyber Union of Journalists and the Peshawar Bar Association also strongly condemned Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s statement, saying that such remarks are an insult to state institutions. They demanded that the chief minister immediately offer an unconditional apology for his statement.