PPP acts against blogger over tweet on Bhutto

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has filed a complaint with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s cyber-crime wing against Cynthia D Ritchie, a blogger from the US who has based herself in Pakistan, for “hateful comments and slander” against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. PPP Islamabad president Shakeel Abbasi filed the application against Ritchie for posting on Twitter “very derogatory and slanderous remarks” about Bhutto and former president Asif Ali Zardari’s marital life. Ritchie made the comment on a tweet discussing the recent violent confrontation between model Uzma Khan and a woman named Amna Usman, who accused the model of having a relationship with her husband of 13 years and used this allegation to justify her assault of the model. According to the PPP’s application, Ritchie’s remarks “have caused immense pain and agony to the millions of people who revere and pay their utmost respect to Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto”.