Islamabad:
Leaders of the opposition party fired a breadth against the recently entered the prevention of the law amending electronic crimes (PECA), which called a allowed to trick the media and use people’s fundamental right to freedom of expression.
Jamat Disadvanta-e-Islam-Fazl (Jui-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman designated Peca-E-Islam-Fazl (Jui-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman by turning to a seminar about ‘challenges facing the media in Pakistan ‘.
Fazl said the government should not make a code of conduct for journalists, but it should rather be prepared by the journalists themselves. He added that every dictator had violated the holiness of the constitution, democracy and parliament.
In a speech at the seminar, Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) said Chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai that false people had been brought to parliament who only took orders and did not represent the people. He praised the efforts of Fazl in the passage of a balanced 26th constitutional amendment.
He added that even if the current government withdrew the Peca Act, it will not be acceptable. He said the movement against the government should not stop. Peca Act, he said, was brought to eliminate fake news and asked what the remedy was when the government lied to the people.
Majlis-E-Wahdat-E-Muslime (MWM) Chief Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas said a pillar in the legislature fell when parliamentarians were picked up at night. All the changes that were adopted were not possible if the political parties were not hypocritical.
“We will fight for people’s rights and we will succeed. This parliament has lost its value, the government has collapsed, and the last pillar, journalism, has also been attacked through Peca. They want this society to become deaf and mute, “He added.