The Senate is ready to amend the Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) Bill, 2025, on Tuesday, while opposition and journalists strongly criticized changes in the country’s cybercrime laws.
Beyond PTI lawmakers and journalists, the National Assembly gave birth to controversial amendments to the PECA last week. PPP members expressed their support during voting. The bill is now with the Senate when it was sent to the Standing Committee for Interior, which also approved it yesterday, it has cleared the final obstacle to form a law.
The controversial supply, section 26 (A), Paca, seeks to fines the perpetrators of “fake news” online. He says that anyone who deliberately spreads, shows, or spreads, shows or moves the possibility of fear, panic or unrest in society, shows or moves three years imprisonment, up to 2 million rupees You may be fined or both.
According to a report released by the Senate Standing Committee for Interior, the bill “wants to modernize the legislative framework to counter cybercrime in Pakistan”, while the Secretary of Interior emphasized that This bill has been written in good faith and its purpose is to “protect it. The general public … and to protect the rights of the people to make the Inner Field Act more effective.”
After the approval of the committee, now only the Senators will have to vote for the bill to send it to the president who will sign it in the law.
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Clearly, the National Assembly also approved the “Digital Nation Pakistan Bill, 2024”, which was transferred by the Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunications Shaza Fatima Khawaja.
The purpose of this bill is to create digital identity for citizens – to centralize social, economic and governance data – and transform Pakistan into a digital nation, enable digital society, digital economy and digital governance.
Journalists express concern, Government
A press release from the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) announced a nationwide protest at 3 pm this evening.
“We appealed to Pakistan and elected representatives to consult all stakeholders before approving the amendments from the Senate of Pakistan … We reject these amendments, because they are against the spirit of the constitution,” he said.
The press release states, “Therefore, PFUJ has requested all journalists unions to organize strong protests at 3 pm in their respective press clubs yesterday evening and have appealed to them, demonstrating unity. Behind the amendments and send a strong message to the government and the authorities. “
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