Pakistani journalists, digital rights advocates, and civil society have long been waging a war against the PECA law, which was originally passed in 2016 to combat cybercrime.
FIRs have been filed against journalist Ahmad Noorani & advocate Shafiq Ahmad under amended Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act for spreading fake news & promoting anti-state propaganda.
Journalists and digital rights activists have strongly condemned the amendments. The common refrain is that this is an ‘attack on freedom of expression’ and a ‘digital dragnet’.
This government has been determined to muzzle free speech, and it is clear that as it nears the end of its term, efforts to solidify this legacy are picking up pace.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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