Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has been booked under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) for making “false, misleading and derogatory statements” against state institutions. The case was filed by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), Islamabad, on behalf of the State on Sunday. According to the FIR, Afridi made a “controversial” remark related to mosques. According to the NCCIA, the inquiry revealed serious allegations against Afridi, who allegedly made “false, misleading, and derogatory statements against state institutions”. A video of these remarks from outside Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, where jailed former premier Imran Khan is lodged, was uploaded on the official YouTube channel of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
