After Dua Zahra’s father claimed scandalous and slanderous statements were made about his family, the Sindh High Court ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to file legal complaints against six social media activists in accordance with the law.
Six social media activists were also legally barred by the court from publishing any malicious, scandalous, or defamatory content on social media against Zahra’s father and his family, including digital videos and written content.
Syed Mehdi Ali Kazmi filed the lawsuit in an effort to get a court order prohibiting certain social media activists from defaming him and his family online.
The plaintiff’s attorney claims that the petitioner filed a FIR under the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Rules regarding the kidnapping and child marriage of his daughter. He stated that the court-appointed medical board had established that his daughter was between the ages of 15 and 16.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
He claimed that private social media channels that were publishing “scandalous and malicious” content about the plaintiff and his family were being blocked and removed by the PTA.
He claimed that according to the PTA’s web analysis division, the complaint was not admissible under Rule (I)(v) of the Removal and Blocking of Illegal Online Content (Procedure, Oversight, and Safeguards) Rules 2021 because the facts of the complaints required a thorough evaluation of the evidence by a competent court in order to establish the correct position.
The attorney claimed that the defendants’ entire body of work was founded on “defamatory, baseless, and scandalous” statements made about the plaintiff and his entire family, undermining the plaintiff’s reputation in public. On social media, he alleged that the defendants were “mocking” the plaintiff and his family.
Following the preliminary hearing of the plaint, a single bench chaired by Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi issued notices to the PTA and social media activists prohibiting them from airing, publishing, or sharing any defamatory and scandalous content material about the plaintiff and his family.
The court further ordered PTA to take legal action against social media activists in accordance with the law and to provide a thorough report within 15 days of receiving the order.
based on reports On Monday, a sessions court in Karachi renewed the interim bails for Zaheer Ahmed, the main suspect in the “kidnapping” case involving Dua Zahra, and his brother Shabbir.
The brothers’ temporary bail has been extended by the court until August 17.
On July 21, Zaheer and his brother were given a temporary pre-arrest bail, but they had to provide a surety of Rs. 100,000 for each.
The judge ordered the brothers to participate in the investigation, and July 26 was set aside for the confirmation or rejection of their temporary release from custody. The brothers were told to appear in court today and the bail was increased for the hearing date.
On the other hand, the investigation officer’s request for Dua Zahra to undergo a medical examination was denied by a judicial magistrate for District East of Karachi.
The investigating officer asked for more time to submit the case’s supplementary challan after the court rejected the plea, so the hearing was postponed.
August 6 has been set as the new date for the hearing.
Dua, 15, gained national attention when she mysteriously vanished from Karachi in April. She later claimed that she had fled her home to wed Zaheer, 21, who was then 21.
