ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP) President Ahsan Bhoon has condemned the Prevention of Electronic Crime Act (Amendment) 2016 (PECA), announcing that the association will challenge its promulgation in the court.
“Under the guise of PECA Ordinance, the ruling elite has once again launched a vicious agenda to cut throat its political opponents and to silence those who believe in freedom of speech, opinion, and expression, so as to hide its insane and continuous failures,” a press statement issued by the SCBAP on Tuesday read.
Also condemning the Election (Amendment) Bill 2017, the statement relayed that both ordinances were “strictly ultra-vires to the Constitution”.
