Court grants 5-day physical remand of PTI activist

A local court on Thursday granted a five-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social media activist Falak Javed in cases related to allegedly using online platforms against state institutions and a provincial minister.

The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) produced Javed before Judicial Magistrate Naeem Wattoo at the district courts and requested a 30-day physical remand.

The NCCIA prosecutor told the court that the accused had been declared an absconder, noting that despite 36 raids she could not be arrested.

He further submitted that her parents appeared during the investigation but failed to produce her, insisting that she had been hiding.

Javed's counsel opposed the plea and sought her discharge, arguing that the alleged incident occurred more than a year ago and that the case was based solely on a single NCCIA report, which he claimed lacked legal standing.