- Rana Tanveer Hussain floats Peca Bill in the upper room.
- Journalists also leave the Senate gallery.
- Wali says it is draconian law because it imposes restrictions.
Islamabad: The Senate approved Tuesday the draft prevention of electronic crimes (PECA) (amendment) and the bill on Pakistan 2024 of the digital nation, aimed at creating a digital company, an economy and a governance, in the middle bustle by opposition benches.
The Peca bill was launched by the Federal Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain in the upper House of Parliament.
Hussain said Peca’s bill was aimed at dealing with social media problems. He assured that he was not directed against television and newspaper journalists.
The Minister said that the opposition was also engaged in the bill through the platforms of the permanent committees of the National Assembly and the Senate.
On the adjustments of PECA, Aimal d’Anp, Wali, said it was a draconian law because it imposed restrictions on freedom of expression. “The bill feels the boots,” he said, announcing to get out of the house with other members of his party.
On the other hand, journalists also left the Senate gallery while the bill was presented for approval.
The head of the opposition in the Senate Shibli Faraz declared that it was their work to legislate, however, the law was adopted without consultation. “They should have consulted the persons concerned by the bill for modifying PECA.”
Kamran Murtaza, member of JUI-F, said that the report of the permanent committee presented to the House was incomplete because his amendments proposed to the PECA Act had not been rejected or accepted by the Committee.
Hussain said that if something was missing in the bill, they would bring an amendment to journalists. “What law is implemented in its true form and not poorly used?”
Faraz said that the bill was not right because no stakeholder had been incorporated. Therefore, he said, they did not support it.
“Neither an organization is trained nor a judge is appointed for business (under computer science),” he added.
PTI lawyer Ali Zafar took the government for not allowing anyone to talk about the controversial bill. “You are not giving any importance to the opposition,” he added.
Faraz got up from her seat, while the opposition members gathered before the dice of the assistant Senate.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Nation Pakistan bill tabled by the Federal Minister of Law Azam Nazeer Tarar was also approved in terms of clause.
The motion for the digital bill has been approved, ignoring the opposition’s request to talk about it.
In his remarks, Tarar said that the bill was aimed at digitizing the whole system to align with modern requirements.
Murtaza de Jui-F proposed the changes to the bill, claiming that the bill was an interference in the jurisdiction of the provinces. His proposed amendments were rejected after their opposition to the Minister of Law.
Faraz joined the Senators of the PTI expressing resentment in the face of legislation while the members of the PTI and the ANP organized a demonstration before the dice of the president.
The opposition chief said they “had” bills “.
During the bitter remarks of Senator Falak Naz Chitrali to the secretary of the Senate, the vice-president warned him that he would take measures against her if she did not return to his headquarters. What, Chitrali said he threatened her.
Press freedom movement
Pakistan President Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), AFZAL Butt, said it was a dark day for democracy, media, citizens and freedom of citizens.
“This day will remain memories as a dark day and the parties who played their role in the approval of this black law, we will continue to remind them of this.
“We have already announced the staging of demonstrations of the PFUJ and the joint action committee (Jac) and today they pushed us to protest even more,” he said.
Butt said they thought that Parliament would listen to them, so they wrote to them letters and called them to give them a chance for a hearing because they were stakeholders, but they did not know why the government did not judge Not able to talk about it.
“It is not a demonstration but the beginning of the movement of freedom of the press. This will continue until this black law is withdrawn,” he said.
“We have formed teams on the two fronts, one, we will fight our war on the roads, and the other in front of the Parliament and the press gallery. Our second battle will be a constitutional battle in the courts so that we consult the lawyers. We will challenge this and we will continue to resist that this black law is taken up. »»
During the call of the PFUJ, he said, a dark day is observed almost throughout the country today (Tuesday), notably Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Lahore and Islamabad.
“The demonstrations will start at 3 p.m. and the last evening,” he said.
He added that today is only the start and they would announce the next action plan tomorrow (Wednesday), while the demonstrations would take place daily.