Qasim Suri moves high court against FIA notices.

LAHORE -- Former deputy speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri has approached the Lahore High Court against the notices issued to him by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on a complaint of journalist Saleem Safi Suri, through a counsel, submitted that the FIA issued him call-up notices on a complaint that did not make any offence under the Electronic Crime Act 2016.

The petitioner said he shared his political views in a tweet that could not be treated as an offence. He said the FIA issued the impugned notices purely on political grounds at the behest of the federal government. He...