A subcommittee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Government Assurances has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to identify those behind posts depicting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan as Lord Shiva.
At a meeting yesterday chaired by National Assembly member (MNA) Shahzadi Umerzadi Tiwana, the subcommittee directed the committee to track down those who posted the picture on social media.
MNA Ramesha Lal said he also met with FIA officials in the evening on the orders of the committee.
He said Lord Shiva is a Hindu god and to show him as a politician is blasphemy.
The issue was referred to the sub-committee by the main committee to examine the complaints by MNAs Ramesh Lal and Lal Chand Malhi, who said the picture has hurt the sentiments of the Hindu community.
The committee also directed the FIA and other concerned departments to make an agreement with relevant departments in the US who control social media organisations so that the Pakistani authorities can obtain details about users in such cases.
During the last meeting, the FIA representative said that 17 accounts were identified to have posted the picture: 15 were based in India and two based in Pakistan.
The users from Pakistan had deleted their posts.