Islamabad: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudry announced that a crackdown against the TLP social media activists had been launched.
Referring to the TLP as “a banned party,” Chaudhry on Friday said that at least 32 of its activists had been arrested the previous night.
رات ایک اہم کاروائی میں کالعدم جماعت سے تعلق رکھنے والے 32 اراکین کو گرفتار کیا گیا ہے یہ لوگ جعلی سوشل میڈیا اکاؤنٹس کے ذریعے نفرت انگیز پرپیگنڈا کر رہے تھے اور جعلی خبروں اور پروپیگنڈے کیخلاف بڑا ایکشن شروع کر دیا گیا ہے جلد ہی مزید گرفتاریاں ہوں گی
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 29, 2021
“These people were using fake social media accounts to propagate hate,” the minister said.
We have “launched a huge action against fake news and propaganda. More arrests will be made shortly,” Chaudhry said.