Islamabad -A digital rights in Pakistan are still the hostage of PECA's first booming of the same political charm.
Ten years ago, in 2015, the first draft of the “Prevention of Electronics Crime” (PECA) in 2016 surfaced. But this is not because the government-then PML-N-think it is necessary to maintain transparency, share and consult. This is a draft of a leak, which has been analyzed and shared.
The draft immediately caused alert among digital rights activists, prompting Islamabad's press conference to warn the uneasy meaning of the bill. However, the mood in the room is skeptical. The reporter asked the organizer: “How do you know that this is the bill? Shouldn't social media be controlled?”
By the way, the next day, the Standard Committee of the National Assembly approved the version of the bill, similar to a bill that emitted and talked about at the press conference.
In half of next year, the bill will conduct a fierce debate inside and outside the rally-not because the government encourages this kind of discourse, but because of the civic society and industrial alliance supported by the allies in the opposition and the media, it ensures this discourse. Essence Essence Despite the resistance, PECA finally saw the light of a day. The Pakistani People's Party (PPP) represents the sound opponent of the bill to ensure that their position is loud and clear. However, the most important thing is that this problem is not just a posture.
Air resistance
Although several legislators within the party are commendable, because PECA carefully checks, resist it in parliament, and proposes amendments, under the real important situation, this momentum is shaken Most seats. When promoting, he was determined to shake.
The bill could have been stagnated further, but when the bill reached the Senate Standing Committee, it was eager to conclude discussions and said that “enough time” had been spent in the debate, and the bill was “needed”. Although a half of the previous year provided a lot of investment and alternative legal expressions, some people claimed that civil society failed to contribute any meaningful things in a timely manner.
PPP legislators patted their jobs well in the back-proposal to conduct more than 50 amendments to PECA in the Senate-In the end, all these are just complete stops and comma modifications of cosmetic surgery. None of the substantial changes proposed by civil society are included.
This ignores from the PML-N government. However, as the bill is close to the finish line, PPP and their allies have played their optical games, projected the image of resistance, and at the same time enable them to be included in the law, they can do more things to pour water-if they do not stop completely.
Now, the same PPP and its members are delivering fierce speeches in the Internet status, and have surfaced for digital rights bills. However, when the Constitution itself is simplified into redundant paper, what can any bill or affirmation of legislation can be done? When the protection measures contained in the Constitution are investigating, no weight during the prosecution and trial period, how can special regulations deny the severe impact of criminal law in the International Automobile Federation Office or the preliminary trial court? Especially when the procedural guarantee measures in the law itself are touted by being punished.
Fantasy of digital rights
Members often believe that a law marks the end of its responsibility. They like to present legislation as hats. But the provenance of the pudding is that they do not care about monitoring. Although the legislative plan has sufficient regulations, including the establishment and special committee to expand the supervision of substantial analysis and conduct legal reforms, rather than the problem of the reaction and imagination of Jack on the knee.
Since the formulation of PECA in 2016, the amendment has been eliminated as a strict nature? In addition to several permanent committees have proposed the one -time issue of its implementation, which supervision, review or accountability system has been conducted?
Even now, there are many speeches on the slower Internet speed. The permanent committees have been solving related problems, such as Web Management System (WMS) or firewall. However, what does this censorship come in essence? Does the government or PTA master the deployed technology? Its ability? Purchasing and operational details? Are there any legislators inquiring and follow -up?
The failure of the parliament was challenged by many courts that have been suspended and unsuccessful, challenging the government and PTA actions to violate its boundaries and seek basic rights to protect, but it is not available.
In this environment, what is the value of the “Digital Rights” Act? Through the 26th amendment, the same legislature (including PPP) including PPP, including PPP, gave the execution and trample on all digits, which further weakened the court. So, how to use the straight face to propose the claim of the digital claim bill?
Another about the coming doom
Now, the Amendment Act of Electronic Crime in 2025 is staring at us.
It has created more crimes, limited more voice categories, can achieve regulatory capture through new authority, and add heavy procedures by establishing a court. The bill gives the authorities that continue to hold the Internet, services, platforms and citizen hostages.
Only time can explain whether these speeches will be transformed into tangible and substantial resistance-or whether they will be opposed and meaningful, rather than being stepped on by the rubber map Stamp as the normal state of the parliament.
As they said, it was ashamed to deceive me at one time. I cheated me twice and was ashamed of me.
There is nothing this time. These amendments are unnecessary and will not be introduced to protect citizens. The fig leaves have long gone. They can only maintain the status quo. While further conquering citizens, they tighten the restraint in terms of words and information.
