April 8, 2021: Letter to Federal Minister for Human Rights with Input on Rules and Consultation
February 12, 2021: Bolo Bhi’s Writes Letter to the Attorney General of Pakistan Regarding Consultation on Social Media Rules
December 3, 2020: Statement – Denotify the Rules and Repeal Section 37
November 29, 2020: Analysis: Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Protection, Oversight and Safeguards) Rules, 2020
October 28, 2020: Record of PECA Cases Before Courts in Karachi (until 30 September 2020)
October 28, 2020: Timeline – Summons, Enquiries, FIRs, Detentions and Arrests In Connection with Social Media Posts | Timeline PFD
October 28, 2020: Timeline – Government Announcements to Crackdown and Regulate Social Media | Timeline PDF
October 28, 2020: Timeline – Content Blocking, Restriction and Takedown Requests | Timeline PDF
October 28, 2020: Timeline – Petitions against FIA, PTA and PECA
October 13, 2020: Surveillance, interception, and evidence gathering: local law and international precedents
July 18, 2020: Bolo Bhi’s policy brief on Pakistan’s internet censorship regime
May 13, 2020: The perils of PECA: Democratic new rules for online content regulation in Pakistan
March 1, 2020: Press Release – No consultation without withdrawal of cabinet approval of Citizen Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020
November 11, 2019: PECA: A THREE-YEAR REVIEW
November 6, 2019: Misapplication of PECA 2016 Sections 10 and 11
September 18, 2019: Recommendations from Legal Experts on Defamation Laws
September 18, 2019: Note for Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights On: Use of Section 20 of PECA & the Abuse of Power by the FIA
June 18, 2019: Content Blocking, Restriction and Takedown Requests 2017-2019
June 18, 2019: Record of PECA Cases Before Courts in Karachi (until May 31, 2019)
May 20, 2019: Note on the Implementation of PECA – submitted to NA Standing Committee on Human Rights
May 9, 2019: Record of Petitions Against FIA, PTA and PECA
December 31, 2018: Record of PECA Cases Before Courts in Karachi
August 7, 2018: Prevention of Electronic Crimes Investigation Rules, 2018
April 16, 2018: HRCP Annual Report 2017 – Free expression chapter pg 97
February 14, 2018: Pakistan’s Cybercrime Law – Boon or Bane
January 25, 2018: Recommendations on Rules Under PECA Submitted to Ministry of Interior and Planning Commission
June 5, 2017: SHC Petition Against FIA | Annexure | Press Release | Order | FIA’s Response |
March 31, 2017: Designated Courts Under PECA
Sindh | Punjab | Balochistan | KP |
April 10, 2017: PECA 2016 – Recommendations on Implementation and Oversight
September 22, 2016: PECA 2016: Major Contentions re Speech and Privacy + Recommendations
August 18, 2016: PECA assented by the President – Gazette of Pakistan
August 11, 2016: PECB as passed by NA
August 10, 2016: Letter to Speaker NA on PECB by Farieha Aziz
August 10, 2016: Letter to Young Parliamentarians Forum on PECB by Farieha Aziz
August 1, 2016: Updated Analysis of PECB as passed by Senate
July 29, 2016: 250th session of Senate proceedings – passage of PECB
July 28, 2016: Amendments submitted to the Senate
July 26, 2016: Report on PECB by Senate Standing Committee on IT
July 19, 2016: Bolo Bhi’s Petition to Senate on PECB and Section 34
June 30, 2016: Summary Senate Standing Committee on IT’s Subcommittee Meetings on PECB
May 17, 2016: Initial Analysis of PECB by Bolo Bhi
April 15, 2016: National Assembly Secretariat Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015: List of Amendments
April 15, 2016: Report of the Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication on The Prevention Of Electronic Crimes Bill, 2015
April 13, 2016: PECB as approved by the National Assembly
April 9, 2016: Joint Action Committee’s Statement Asking Opposition to Resist PECB on Floor of Assembly – April 2016
Have a look at everything we have written and submitted to date on PECB, since May 2015:
July 13, 2015: Bolo Bhi’s Proposed Amendments to PECB15 in light of existing laws, other jurisdictions and international covenants and conventions
(This contains hyperlinks to laws in other jurisdictions, international covenants, and conventions as well.)
August 11, 2015: Request for meeting to the NA Standing Committee on Information Technology & Telecommunications
August 13, 2015: Petition to Senate on the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015
August 21, 2015: Joint Action Committee’s Statement on deadlock with government
Ministry of IT’s comparison of their bill (April version) with JAC legal redraft
September 19, 2015: Bolo Bhi’s mark-up of PECB’15 approved by NA Standing Committee on IT
Two-Pager: Process, Content, and Recommendations
Fact sheet on the cybercrime bill
The following documents were compiled for the Senate hearing comparing Senator Karim Khuwaja’s bill (tabled as a private members bill in the Senate) and the government’s version of the cybercrime bill.
Senator Karim Khuwaja Private Member’s Bill
Comparative Sections: Senator Karim Khuwaja and Government’s Proposed Bills
Differences: Government’s Proposed Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2014
January 5, 2016: Major Concerns Regarding Privacy & Expression – 2 pager by Bolo Bhi
January 5, 2016: Brief Report on PECB: Analysis of bill, concerns and international context by Bolo Bhi
January 14, 2016: Amendments to PECB in the National Assembly
April 9, 2016: Joint Action Committee’s Statement Asking Opposition to Resist PECB on Floor of Assembly – April 2016
April 15, 2016: Report of the Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication on The Prevention Of Electronic Crimes Bill, 2015
April 15, 2016: National Assembly Secretariat Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015: List of Amendments
May 17, 2016: Initial Analysis of PECB by Bolo Bhi
June 28, 2016: Amendments submitted to Senate Stading Committee on IT’s subcommittee on PECB
August 1, 2016: Updated Analysis of PECB as passed by Senate
February 4, 2015: Pakistan’s Cybercrime Bill 2015: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Breath
February 11, 2015: Cybercrime Bill Must Not Be Approved In Its Current Form
April 1, 2015: What’s Brewing: Pakistan Government’s Proposed Cybercrime Law
December 7, 2015: Write to Speaker NA: Review PECB
June 30, 2016: Summary Senate Standing Committee on IT’s Subcommittee Meetings on PECB
Bolo Bhi’s resources on cybercrime bill
Writing on the Wall – Poster Campaign
February 18, 2014: Industry Version of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2014
February 2, 2015: Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 as Approved by Cabinet Division
March 1, 2015: First Leaked Draft of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015
March 14, 2015: Second Leaked Draft of the Government’s Proposed Bill
March 16, 2015: Third Draft: PECB15 Approved by NA Standing Committee on IT
April 15, 2015: PECB As Modified by Expert Committee Appointed by Standing Committee
September 19, 2015: PECB as approved by NA Standing Committee on IT on Sept 17, 2015
February 16, 2016: Version of the bill with some amendments
April 13, 2016: PECB as approved by the National Assembly
August 11, 2016: PECB as passed by NA
August 18, 2016: PECA assented by the President – Gazette of Pakistan
