Islamabad: The Supreme Court has filed a petition against recent changes made in the Act on the Prevention of Electronic Crime (Peca), which urged the court to immediately abolish the law.
“In the national interest of peace, this is humbly required and stability may be kindly reviewed by the existing law on the full court bench in the light of freedom of expression and the view of the dissemination of our society,” reads our society, “he reads,” he reads, ” He reads, “reads our company,” reads, “reads our company,” request.
In his petition, Muhammad Qayum Khan asked SC to declare Pec’s changes as “ultra virres” of the constitutional power of the legislature, and at the same time appoint an improvement as “extremely disgusting against human rights, speech”.
Urging the High Court to immediately strike the law to prevent new legal crises, and also wants the current law, passed by previous governments, to be revised with regard to the Constitution.
“We live in a global village where all human beings have the same human rights, and such injuries and focus on opponents could not be maintained and must be limited with the current Peca,” says the petition.
This development comes when the ruling coalition bulldit with controversial changes both from the National Assembly and the Senate to the already disputed Peca law within a few days when opposition parties, journalists and media authorities reject the lack of consultations and its provisions.
The law, which has now come into force after the consent of President Asif Ali Zardari, the provisions of new definitions, the establishment of regulatory and investigative bodies and stricter sanctions for the dissemination of “false” information.
New changes have reduced the punishment for spreading “false information” online to three years, while the perpetrator could also face a fine of up to 2 million Rs.
The establishment of the Social Media and Regulatory Office (SMPRA), the National Agency for Investigation of Cyber Crime (Nccia) and the Tribunal of Social Media Protection has also proposed new changes.
In addition, it is reported that each person “damaged by false and false information” may approach authority to remove or block access to this information and the Office would issue orders at the latest 24 hours.
The new changes have also stated that the Office may require any social media platform to be obtained with it in any way, form, and after paying fees that can be prescribed.
In addition, new changes have also proposed the Institute of Council for Complaints on Social Media to receive and process complaints filed by damaged parties against violations of any provisions of the Act on Computer Crime.
It also proposed to establish courts for the protection of social media, which will resolve cases within 90 days, and the appeal is allowed to the Supreme Court within 60 days.
