ISLAMABAD: Nisar addressed a press briefing in the federal capital today and talked about blasphemous content on social media, money laundering investigations against founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Dawn Leaks probe and PSL2017 spot fixing scandal.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said the administration of social networking websites Facebook and Twitter to share information with Pakistan about people behind blasphemous content.
Speaking with the media, Nisar stressed that offenders could not be caught without the assistance of Facebook and other social networking websites.
The interior minister said that such content had been posted online for several years and it was surprising that no other Muslim country had raised this issue.
Interior Minister while commenting over spot-fixing case said that any cricketer found guilty of spot-fixing during the second edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be jailed.
“If UK can jail cricketers for corruption, why can’t we do it,” Nisar told media persons in Islamabad.
Elaborating on Dawn Leaks probe report, the minister said that Interior Ministry had filed a report within 14 days of the incident however, the committee, that was formed by the Government of Pakistan has not come up with their version until today.
Nisar asserted that the report would be forwarded to the higher-ups as soon as the ministry receives it and the media would be briefed accordingly.
He demanded off the journalists to direct their questions towards members of the committee over the delay and not him or the ministry.
While talking about MQM, he said that case against founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement has been forwarded to the Interpol and that a political party that targets the military reserves no right to conduct politics in Pakistan.
During his speech he said that evidence of money laundering against MQM founder would be shared with British authorities.
