LAHORE, Jul 29: Pakistan's anti-cybercrime body has registered an FIR against a sister of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan for allegedly "belittling the country's armed forces" in her comments about last year's four-day armed conflict with India, an official said Wednesday.
The FIR against Noreen Niazi comes almost 10 days after the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) issued summons, accusing her of disseminating "false, offensive and inflammatory" content on social media to defame state institutions and spread "fake narratives."
"NCCIA in Islamabad has registered a case against Noreen Niazi, the sister of former prime minister Imran Khan, under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA)," the official told PTI on Wednesday.
He said the FIR was registered on Tuesday under Sections 20 and 26-A of PECA.
According to the FIR, Niazi levelled false and baseless allegations against Pakistan and its armed forces.
"Noreen Niazi attempted to undermine public confidence in the state and create panic among the people. She disseminated false, provocative, insulting and threatening content and conducted a systematic propaganda campaign against state and security institutions," the FIR said.
Earlier, the NCCIA had issued the summons to Niazi on July 18.
In an interview widely circulated on social media, Niazi claimed the India-Pakistan military confrontation in May 2025 was the result of collusion between Pakistan's military leadership and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and was orchestrated to enhance the image of the armed forces.
Niazi, in the interview, sought to belittle the response of the Pakistani armed forces to India in the four-day armed conflict last year that was triggered by the Pahalgam terror attack.
She claimed, without providing evidence, that India refrained from escalating the conflict because Pakistan was moving towards recognising Israel and that the episode was aimed at facilitating Islamabad's entry into the Abraham Accords.
Pakistan is among several countries that do not recognise Israel as a state and does not have diplomatic relations with it. The Abraham Accords are a series of agreements brokered by the US in 2020 which established diplomatic, economic and security ties between Israel and several Arab nations, including the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.
"What do you think? ... India, which is a big country, was not in position to respond to Pakistan when it attacked on May 10?" Niazi said in the interview. "It could have but India deliberately refrained from giving a strong response because of some understanding." (PTI)
