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    Pakistan investigates army critics on social media

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    05.23.2017

    Pakistani authorities are on a mission to squash all anti-military sentiments online. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan directed the country's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to investigate 200 social media accounts with posts that criticize the country's powerful Armed Forces. FIA told Reuters that it has already identified the owners behind 18 of the accounts, all of whom are accused of spreading negative material against the army. "Unwarranted criticism of security forces and other institutions responsible for the defence of the realm is not allowed," Nisar said in a statement.