Islamabad / Karachi:
Recent modifications to the law which caused cybercrimes – the law on the prevention of electronic crimes (PECA), 2016 – were disputed both at the Supreme Court as well as the High Provincial Court of Sindh ( SHC).
A citizen, Abdul Qayyum, has filed a constitutional request at the Supreme Court, arguing that law 2025 of PECA (amendment) violates the fundamental rights of citizens and should therefore be canceled. Petition argues that even Parliament cannot adopt any abbreviated law of fundamental rights.
Meanwhile, two journalistic organizations – the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) and the Society of Court Reporters – approached the SHC against the amendments to the Bulldozer by the Parliament last week in the opposition protest and journalists .
Petition argues that the 2025 PECA law (amendment) grants authorities the power to delete and block the content of social media platforms. It stipulates that article 2 (r), paragraph 1 (h) of the modified law, does not include the words “false” or “false”.
The PECA law violates articles 8, 9, 10-A, 18, 19 and 19-A of the Constitution, while contradicting Islamic laws, he says.
The petition stipulates that article 19 of the International Alliance on Civil and Political Rights (PICPR) also offers protection to journalists. Pakistan has signed the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights, which also protects journalists.
The PECA law (amendment) 2025 is an attempt to censor the truth. The members of the Assembly are public representatives and the public has the right to access information about them.
