FIA Cybercrime Wing summons Sher Afzal Marwat over March 9 tweet

• Lawmaker summoned on March 18.
• Notice issued on PML-N MNA's complaint.
• One of Marwat's tweet about murder allegations.

ISLAMABAD: Sher Afzal Marwat, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and newly elected member of National Assembly, was Friday summoned by the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) Cybercrime Wing.

The lawmaker has been summoned on March 18 regarding an inquiry into his tweet on March 9. The agency's notice was issued on a complaint filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Barrister Aqeel Malik.

The PTI politician had made several posts on X, formerly Twitter, on March 9 and it remains unclear as to which one of his tweets was the basis of the complaint.

One of his tweets was about his claims of being assassinated by paid assassins at Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz's behest.

"It is imperative to publicly acknowledge that 'Maryam Nawaz Sharif' poses a threat to my life, as she has orchestrated an 'assassination attempt against me,' which can take place at any time," Marwat wrote in his post on the aforementioned date.

He added: "An amount of $100,000 has been allocated by Maryam Nawaz Sharif to these assassins for the "execution of my murder."

Meanwhile, in other tweets, the politician had announced about the party's plan to attempt a "historic protest" in Islamabad, appealing people to meet him at the Zero Point Interchange in the federal capital.

He posted about several convoys leaving from different cities to join the gathering which will move towards the bridge near the Centaurus Mall.

"Those who are young, will walk to the press club and older people and families [will be] in cars," he wrote in his post.

In another tweet, he commemorated the death anniversary of party worker Ali Bilal — nicknamed Zille Shah — who died last year under mysterious circumstances.