PECA Amendments challenged in the LHC
Sindh Bar Council delegation calls on CJP
Sindh Bar too will approach court
LAHORE, Feb 22-2022 -Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) Amendment Ordinance 2022 has been challenged in the Lahore High Court.
Local lawyer Saeed Zafar has made the federal government and others as respondents in his petition against the PECA Amendment Ordinance.
The petitioner has taken the position that the PECA Amendment Ordinance has been brought to silence the voice of journalists.
The government wants to achieve its goals by bringing in the PECA Amendment Ordinance. Issuing a Presidential Ordinance in the presence of Parliament is unconstitutional.
President Lahore High Court Bar Association President Muhammad Maqsood Butter and other bar officials have expressed support for challenging the amended ordinance.
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Petitioner took the position that the court should annul the PECA Amendment Ordinance 2022.
Bar office bearers said that the government of the day has tried to rob the people of their basic rights through this black law.
Sindh Bar too will approach court
Sindh High Court Bar Association has announced to challenge the amendment in Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA).
President High Court Bar Shehab Sarki has said that PECA will approach the court against the amendment in the law.
He further added that the amendment to the PECA law violates freedom of expression and fundamental rights.
