ISLAMABAD: (JTN) PKA Amendment Ordinance declared
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ruled that the ordinance is
unconstitutional. ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Islamabad High
Court (IHC), Athar Minallah, has reserved judgment on petitions
relating to the Pika Amendment Ordinance. The High Court declared
the amended ordinance unconstitutional and annulled it.
=Orders issued to complete investigation within 30 days
The High Court ordered the FIA to complete its probe into the
misuse of advertisements in cyberspace within 30 days and
remarked that there was no valid reason for such action. The court
further said that freedom of speech is a fundamental right of
citizens and protection of fundamental rights must be ensured
under the constitution. In addition to the Amendment Ordinance
2022, punishment for defamation has also been declared
unconstitutional under section 20 of the PECA 2016. Earlier on
Friday, the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court Atharmanullah
remarked that the rights of the people were being violated.
=Freedom of expression is a fundamental right of citizens
Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) asked Director FIF Babar
Bakht to keep SOPs before the court and they were also trampled.
All can be avoided. Director FIA Babar Bakht told the court that the
law was made and pressured to implement it. The Chief Justice
inquired whether he had taken action against a common man, an
FIR was registered in Lahore and a raid was carried out in Islamabad.
It is to be noted that in the hearing held on March 30, the Islamabad
High Court had declared that not placing the Pika Amendment
Ordinance before the Parliament was malicious of the government.
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The Chief Justice, while expressing his indignation at the FIA, had
questioned the power of arrest in Section 20, what is its justification?
A journalist quoted from the book and how would section 20 apply
to it? The FIA itself created a case to annul this section.
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