Journalist arrested by FIA for criticising state institutions on Facebook postulated bail

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QUETTA: A justice in Quetta postulated bail to a publisher arrested by a Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) for allegedly essay posts on Facebook opposite paramilitary forces.

The FIA on Wednesday constructed Zafar Achakzai, operative for a internal Urdu denunciation journal Daily Qudrat, before Judicial Magistrate Ayesha Kakar who postulated bail to him of Rs80,000.

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The arrest was done on Jun 25 underneath a Prevention of Electronic Crime Act (PECA) 2016.

Achakzai posted anti-paramilitary posts on Facebook that disregarded PECA before Eidul Fitr.

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