The NA Standing Committee on Law and Justice, headed by MNA @FatyanaRiaz, will discuss the matter of "Post Legislative Scrutiny" of PECA at its meeting today. #AmendPECA

We welcome and appreciate this initiative by the committee. It appears to be a step in the right direction. It's high time the Parliament should take notice of PECA's negative impact on online freedom of expression, journalism, and access to information in the country. #AmendPECA

Multi-stakeholder scrutiny of PECA's legal issues and implementation challenges was also one of the key policy recommendations of a white paper we published on PECA reforms recently. #AmendPECA

The white paper is available at this link: http://tinyurl.com/pecawhitepaper 

Criminal defamation and content regulation are two of the most problematic provisions of PECA. Please see this thread for the full set of policy recommendations for PECA reforms: https://twitter.com/mmfd_Pak/status/1311988568613621765

While you're here, civil society organisations have consistently expressed concerns about the rules developed for content regulation under PECA. Here's how we think the rules will affect Pakistani citizens: https://twitter.com/mmfd_Pak/status/1318505661798416387

The language of the new rules for content regulation and the manner in which they were drafted are unsatisfactory and do nothing to dispel long-standing human rights concerns about PECA. #AmendPECA

We request NA Law & Justice Committee members, including MNAs @MalBokhari, @saarbab, and @ShahNafisa, to please seek input from HRDs and CSOs working on digital rights as they conduct their post-legislative scrutiny of PECA. #AmendPECA