Peca
International Federation of Journalists, RSF join PFUJ to condemn "draconian" changes to cybercrime laws.
Updated 30 Jan, 2025 11:44am
Zardari assents to Digital Nation, National Commission on Status of Women (Amendment) bills.
Updated 30 Jan, 2025 09:31am
Also signs off on Digital National Pakistan Bill; Parliamentary Reporters’ Association earlier claimed president had accepted request to not sign Peca bill.
Updated 29 Jan, 2025 06:18pm
ISLAMABAD: Journalists across Pakistan launched protests on Tuesday against the controversial Prevention of...
Published 29 Jan, 2025 08:02am
Act aims to penalise perpetrators of “fake news” online; media workers stage protests in various cities; Upper House also passes Digital Nation bill.
Updated 29 Jan, 2025 03:11pm
Vow to challenge amendments in court.
Updated 28 Jan, 2025 10:07am
Opposition assails haste with which bill was passed; journalists' bodies demand to be consulted; Senate IT committee passes Digital Nation Bill.
Updated 27 Jan, 2025 11:54pm
JAC says bill introduced without consultation with stakeholders, rushed through parliament which "erodes trust and raises serious concerns".
Updated 27 Jan, 2025 09:23am
Say amendments would increase state control on digital liberties
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:54am
Official says move in step with "intrusive digital surveillance technologies and laws such as" Digital Nation bill; HRCP "deeply concerned".
Updated 25 Jan, 2025 08:14pm
Says haste with which the bill was passed is "demeaning to the parliamentary process of legislation".
Published 24 Jan, 2025 04:33pm
• Opposition, journalists decry changes to cybercrime law, warn of restrictions on freedom of speech • Information minister...
Published 24 Jan, 2025 09:00am
PPP lawmakers vote for amendment bill, at odds with party’s own HR cell.
Published 24 Jan, 2025 07:51am
Latest changes propose prison term for violations to three years with fines at Rs2m; journalists, activists assail passage; Digital Nation Pakistan Bill, 2024 also passed.
Updated 23 Jan, 2025 08:12pm
Pakistan’s digital rights remain hostage to the same political charades that allowed Peca to flourish in the first place.
Updated 23 Jan, 2025 02:23pm
Proposes establishment of the Social Media Protection and Regulatory Authority; tabled in National Assembly; PFUJ assails amendments.
Updated 23 Jan, 2025 05:07pm
FIA takes action over alleged fake news regarding PTI's Nov 26 protest.
Updated 14 Dec, 2024 08:12am
Revises unlawful content category of aspersion to include false, damaging information against members of parliament, provincial assemblies as well.
Updated 11 Dec, 2024 10:27pm
Says she had submitted objection in writing, warning that the law would "come back to haunt us".
Updated 22 Apr, 2023 08:36pm
While political parties will always be engaged in a Game of Thrones, the collateral are journalists, academics and citizens, who never have been nor ever will be in positions of power.
Published 16 Dec, 2022 01:27pm
By now, the Peca law had been established as the go-to tool for the state to silence or intimidate its naysayers.
Published 14 Dec, 2022 09:46am
What began under the PML-N government, intensified under PTI rule and is in vogue once again under the PDM government.
Published 12 Dec, 2022 04:57pm
