Karachi/Islamabad:
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 Electronic Crime amendment Law (PECA), while another petition was presented 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.
He said that sections 2R and 26A violated articles 19 and 19a, and the fundamental rights granted in the Constitution. He added that articles 19 and 19a of the Constitution gave all citizens the right to freedom of expression within reasonable limits.
The president of the Supreme Court asked the lawyer what was the damage to eliminate the illegal and objectable content of social networks. The lawyer Ali Tahir replied that, under Peca, the authority would use “judicial powers” to determine what content was objectable and should be eliminated.
The president of the Supreme Court commented that what was wrong if an institution enforced compliance with the laws of the country.
The lawyer Ali Tahir raised the issue of restrictions on some social media platforms. He cited X closing in Pakistan and said journalists had disappeared in the past. He said that after the sin amendments, his problems would multiply.
The president of Justice commented that the petition before the Court was not about the disappearance of journalists. He asked the lawyer to comply with the court that this petition was admissible and postponed the hearing until Monday.
