ISLAMABAD: The Na­­tional Cyber Crime Inves­tigation Agency (NCCIA) booked PTI MNA Shandana Gulzar under the country’s cybercrime laws for allegedly spreading misinformation about a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Israeli PM Bejamin Netanyahu during the former’s trip to Egypt to attend the signing of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

PM Shehbaz had visited Egypt to participate in the Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Summit and attend the signing ceremony of a peace agreement aimed at ending the Gaza conflict.

Among his many enga­gements with world leaders, the premier had also met with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Nikol Pas­hinyan of Armenia, where all three leaders expres­sed satisfaction over the recent ceasefire in Gaza.

Multiple users on X, pa­­rticularly PTI supporters, using a low quality and blu­rry image of the meeting with the Arme­nian pre­­mi­­er, had claimed it showed PM Shehbaz and the Israeli PM shaking hands, even though Netan­yahu did not attend the event.

According to an NCCIA statement, Ms Gulzar was booked under sections 11, 20 and 26A of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016.

Ms Gulzar is the MNA from NA-30 (Peshawar), having won a general seat in the 2024 polls.

Published in Dawn, October 23rd, 2025