Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), together with civil society and journalistic organizations, has challenged the 2025 Peca amendment law in the Superior Court of Lahore.
The opposition leader of the Punjab Assembly, Ahmed Bachhar, together with others, presented the petition against the PCA 2025 law through the lawyer Azhar Siddique. The petition has appointed the provincial government, the main secretary and others as respondents.
The petition argues that the law of amendment Peca violates article 19-A of the Constitution. It establishes that the law does not define “false news”, which allows the authorities to label any news as false and act for political reasons.
According to the request, the amended law requires that journalists reveal their news sources, which is a violation of journalistic ethics. The petition asks the court to declare the unconstitutional sin amendment law and the annulment. In addition, the Court urges to stop any action under the law until a final decision is made.
Previously, a Division Bank of the Superior Court of Sindh (SHC) on Friday sought more arguments about the admissibility of a petition against the prevention of the Electron Crime amendment Law (PECA), while another petition was presented in the Superior Court in the Superior Court of Islamabad (IHC) against legislation.
The SHC Bank, led by the president of Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui, took the petition against the Peque amendments. The lawyer Ali Tahir, the petitioner’s lawyer, informed the bank that they had challenged sections 2r and 26a de Peca.
The lawyer said that section 26a penalized the transmission and reception of information by declaring it “false and false.” He added that the G and H sections of the law used the words “false, false and misrepresentations” in a very vague way.
Previously, a petition was presented in the Supreme Court of Pakistan that defies the recent amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Peca), citing concerns about its impact on freedom of expression and human rights.
The statement, moved by the citizen presented by Muhammad Qayum Khan, urged the Apex court to tear down the amendments, calling them “ultra vires” to the constitutional authority of the legislature.
The petition also seeks a total review of the Court both of the recent changes and the original PCA law, arguing that they violate fundamental freedoms.
