Overview
- Judicial Magistrate Naeem Wattoo in Lahore granted five days of custody to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency and set the next hearing for September 30.
- NCCIA told the court it considers Javed the main suspect and sought a monthlong remand to forensically examine her mobile phone.
- Defense counsel argued there were illegalities in the warrant and proclamation process and cited PECA Section 40 to challenge the use of an agency-run forensic lab.
- Investigators say the case stems from a 2024 FIR over a doctored clip of Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari, with authorities earlier declaring Javed an absconder and freezing her accounts.
- Javed’s father petitioned the Islamabad High Court for her recovery, as officials said she was arrested in Lahore’s Ichhra area and unverified claims about an Islamabad arrest location were publicly denied by Salman Akram Raja.