The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB), after being passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on April 13, 2016, has now moved to the Senate. It is on tomorrow’s (May 17, 2016) Orders of the Day. We take a look at the commitments by those in opposition, to stop this bill from passing in its current form, in the Senate.
Here are a few of them:
Aitzaz Ahsan – Leader of Opposition, Senate/member PPP (via 92 News) – April 14, 2016
Sherry Rehman – Vice President PPP (via Twitter) – April 14, 2016
And on April 18, 2016
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari – Chairman PPP (via Twitter) – April 14, 2016
Shahi Syed – Chairman Senate Standing Committee on IT/Member ANP (via Express Tribune) – January 9, 2016
Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani (via Express Tribune) – January 3, 2016
Senator Karim Khuwaja – member PPP-P (via Neo TV) – December 2, 2015
“The Senate will only pick good sections from the government proposed bill after discussing it with the civil society and other stakeholders.”
Farooq Sattar – MQM MNA (via Express Tribune) – October 18, 2015
We shall strongly oppose it in NA.
Sherry Rehman – Vice President PPP (via Express Tribune) – October 7, 2015
She also praised PPP MNA Shazia Marri for raising objections on the bill on behalf of the party (via Twitter) – September 15, 2015
They keep us updated, like MQM MNA Syed Ali Raza Abidi here – May 20, 2015 (via Twitter):
MNA MQM Saman Jafri praises MQM on pushing for a public hearing (via Twitter) – May 20, 2015
Syed Ali Raza Abidi putting things into perspective (via Twitter) – June 4, 2015
Also issues warning, reminding people of the consequences of PECB, just like he warned Shafi Naqi Jamie on October 28, 2015 (via Twitter):
Shazia Marri – MNA PPP (via Mutaza Solangi) – May 11, 2015
Nafisa Shah – MNA PPP (via Twitter) – May 5, 2015
And on May 6, 2015 (via Twitter)
In response to this, Afrasiab Khattak, member ANP, tweeted,
And Bushra Gohar, member ANP, tweeted,
Imran Khan – Chairman PTI (via Facebook) – April 17, 2015
Under the same post, he comments:
Dr. Arif Alvi – MNA PTI (via Twitter) – April 16, 2015
Syed Ali Raza Abidi following developments closely (via Twitter) – April 15, 2015
And on February 17, 2015 (via Twitter),
That’s all, folks!
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