The Rawalpindi Police on September 14, filed a First Information Report (FIR) against an Islamabad-based journalist for posting “negative propaganda against the state, Pakistani institutions and the Pakistan Army” on his social media account, reports Pakistan Today. Asad Ali Toor was booked on a complaint by Hafiz Ehtesham Ahmed, a resident of Rawalpindi, who claimed that “in the last few days, [Toor] has used derogatory language for high-level government institutions, including the Pakistan Army which is a grave crime according to the law.” The FIR has been registered under sections 499 (defamation), 500 (punishment for defamation) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and sections 11 (hate speech), 20 (offenses against the dignity of a person) and 37 (unlawful online content) of the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016. Toor, while sharing a copy of the FIR on Twitter, termed it a “sad development”.