Pakistan PECA PECA Amendment: Pakistan PM supports move despite criticisms from all corners
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan-led PTI government in Pakistan defended the newly promulgated ordinance amending the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016, despite criticisms from different corners of the society.
Prime Minister Imran Khan called the censure unwarranted amid opposition parties’ announcement that they would challenge the “draconian” law in courts and parliament – the forum that the ruling party avoided while making online “defamation” a non-bailable offence, The Express Tribune reported.
In a meeting with the party leaders, sources told the newspaper, the prime minister dubbed the condemnation of the ordinance by the opposition parties and others uncalled for, saying that the ordinance would deter people from tarnishing others’ respect and dignity.
“Such laws were deliberately not made in the past, which led to ruining the morality of the youth," the source added.
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