Islamabad: In the middle of protests against the opposition bench, the Senate approved the prevention of electronic crimes (Peca) (amendment) 2025, as well as a Pakistan act on the digital nation 2024 trying to create a digital society, economics You and Administration. Bill Peca was flooded with federal Minister Ewan Tanveer Hussain in the upper house of parliament. Hussain said Bill Peca was aimed at solving problems on social media. He assured it was not directed against journalists of television and newspaper. The Minister stated that the opposition was also involved in the bill through the platforms of the Permanent Committees of the National Assembly and the Senate. Improve Peca Aimal Wali Anp said it was a draconian law because it imposed a limitation of freedom of speech. “The law smells of shoes,” he said, announcing that he would come out of the house with other members of his party. On the other hand, journalists also came out of the Senate Gallery because the bill was submitted for approval. The opposition leader in the Senate of Shibli Faraz said it was a legislation, but the law was passed without consultation. “They were supposed to consult those who dealt with the law on the change of Peca.” A member of the Jui-F Kamran Murtaza stated that the report of the Permanent Committee listed in the house was incomplete, because his proposed changes to the law Peca were not rejected or accepted by the committee. Hussain said that if something was missing in the law, then they would make a amendment on journalists. “What law is implemented in its true form and is not abused?” Faraz stated that the procedure of the bill was not correct, because no participating party was incorporated into it. Therefore, he said he did not return. “There is no judge for cases [under it,” he added. Barrister PTI Ali Zafar took the government for not allowing anyone to speak of controversial law. “You don’t give the opposition to importance,” he added. Faraz picked up from his chair, while members of the opposition gathered in front of the Vice President of the Senate. Meanwhile, the Clause of the Digital Nation, which was presented by Federal Minister Azam Nazeer Tar, was also approved. The draft for a digital account was approved and ignored the opposition request to talk about it. In her notes, Tara said that the bill was focused on digitizing the entire system to associate with modern requirements. Murtaza Jui-F proposed amendments to the bill and stated that the bill was an interference with the provinces of jurisdiction. His proposed changes were rejected after they were against ministers. Faraz joined the Senators of the PTI, who expressed indignation over the legislation, because the members of the PTI and ANP organized a protest in front of the chairman’s cubes. The opposition leader said “Bullding accounts”. After the bitter remark of the Senator Falaka Naz Chitrali’s Senate, the representative warned her that she would act against her if she did not return to her place. Chitrali said he threatened her. Black day Pakistani Federal Union of journalists (PFUJ) Afzal Butt said it was a black day for Pakistani democracy, media, freedoms of citizens and freedom of speech. “This day will always be remembered as a black day and parties that played their role in the approval of this black law, we still remind them.” “We have already announced the protests of Pfuj and the Common Action Committees (JAC) and today we pushed us to protest even more,” he said. Butt said they thought the parliament was listening to them, so they wrote them letters and urged them to give them a chance to hear because they were stakeholders, but they didn’t know why the government did not find out. “It is not a protest, but the beginning of the press freedom movement. It will continue until this black law has been withdrawn,” he said. “We created teams on both fronts, one we will fight against our war on the roads and the other in front of the parliament and the press gallery.” Our second battle will be the constitutional battle of courts for advisory lawyers. We will question and resist it until this black law is back. ” He said that today (Tuesday), including Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Lahore and Islamabad, a black day is observed today. “The demonstrations will begin at 15:00 and the last evening,” he said. He added that today is the beginning and tomorrow (Wednesday) announced another procedure, while the protests will take place daily.
