Lahore/Islamabad: Journalists community protest against PECA act 2025 continued on Wednesday.
Journalists of National Press Club Islamabad chanted slogans agains the PECA act 2025.
The Journalists community demanded to scraping the bill immediately. They said that they will not accept any ban on the journalism.
The Secretary General of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Arshad Ansari, has pledged to continue their protest against the controversial PECA Amendment Bill.
Arshad Ansari announced that journalists would boycott all provincial assemblies’ sessions and government events as part of their protest.
He also vowed to stage demonstrations outside the Presidency and Prime Minister’s House.
Calling it a matter of civil liberties, Arshad Ansari stated that PFUJ would challenge the law in court.
Secretary General PFUJ warned that the government could misuse the legislation to suppress journalists under the pretext of combating fake news.
“The real factory of lies is the government itself,” he added, accusing politicians of being the primary spreaders of misinformation.
He further demanded that lawmakers spreading falsehoods in parliament should also be held accountable under the PECA Act.
On the other hand, Lahore Press Club (LPC)on Wednesday challenged PECA amendment act 2025 in the Lahore High Court (LHC).
The LPC in its petition adopted the view that the PECA act 2025 is against the freedom of expression independence given in the constitution.
The petition stated that the bill would result in severe punishment, including three years’ imprisonment and a fine.
The LPC petition prayed the court to declare the PECA act 2025 as unconstitutional and annul it.
