The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency has summoned four people for questioning over an alleged social media campaign linking Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon and his son, Rawal Memon, to the Mir Raza Ali case (Geo News).
Notices have been issued to Syed Abdullah, Amin Qureshi, Bilal Warisi and Ubaid Qureshi, directing them to appear at the agency’s Karachi office at 11:30am on August 13. They have been told to bring original identity cards, relevant evidence and documents, and the records and digital devices they intend to rely on in their defence.
It is the first reported action by the agency on the complaint Memon filed on August 9 through his lawyer, Advocate Syeda Malaika Naqvi, against social media accounts he accused of harassment, disseminating false and malicious content, and damaging his and his son’s reputations.
The complaint said posts circulating from August 9 alleged that a guesthouse in Gulistan-e-Jauhar where Ali was allegedly held was owned by Memon, and that Rawal left for London immediately after the incident and moved with a bodyguard. It said the material also sought to suggest the medical board had been changed “overnight”, and accused Memon and his party of protecting those allegedly involved and obstructing the investigation. Those claims are unverified social media allegations; no evidence for them has been produced publicly, neither man has been named as a suspect by police, and both reject them.
Memon’s complaint argued the claims appeared in near-identical wording across at least four pages, indicating a possible coordinated campaign rather than isolated commentary, and asked the agency to trace those operating the accounts through forensic and technical investigation, including IP logs and device and SIM registration data.
Rawal Memon, who is in London, told Geo News: “I am shocked to see the lies linking me and my father with an inhumane act. Those behind the lies must be brought to justice.”
The summonses convert a reputational dispute into a live cybercrime proceeding against four named individuals, and the case will now be watched on a second axis. Pakistan’s electronic crimes law has been repeatedly criticised by press freedom and digital rights organisations for its use against online speech, and complaints brought by serving officials draw particular scrutiny — a concern that exists independently of whether the specific allegations against Memon are true or false, and it is worth noting that they remain unproven either way.
None of the four has responded publicly. Ali’s body was found in Gulistan-e-Jauhar a day after he went missing on July 28; a second post-mortem found he was shot from behind, and no arrests have been reported in the killing.
