Pakistan: Cabinet approves amendment bringing blasphemy under ambit of cybercrime law


While deciding not to increase Haj dues this year under the government Haj scheme, the cabinet approved the policy, with certain amendments.

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: Dawn Pakistan
By Sanaullah Khan | December 27, 2017

The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), 2016, aimed at bringing blasphemy and pornography within the ambit of the cybercrime law.

The issue of offences relating to blasphemy was recently taken up by the Islamabad High Court during the hearing of a petition filed against alleged uploading of objectionable material on social media.

Additional Attorney General Afnan Karim Kundi had last week informed the court that the federal government was amending Peca to include blasphemy and pornography as scheduled offences in the cybercrime law.
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