PFUJ, Anchors and Islamabad High Court Journalists Association have filed petitions to declare the PECA Act null and void.
Islamabad: The government has submitted a written response in the hearing on the petition to declare the controversial PECA Act null and void.
The hearing on the petitions filed before Justice Inam Amin Minhas to declare the controversial PECA Amendment Act 2025 null and void was held in the Islamabad High Court, in which the government submitted a written response.
It should be noted that the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, Anchors and the Islamabad High Court Journalists Association have filed petitions to declare the controversial PECA Act null and void.
The public prosecutor told the court during the hearing that the provincial governments have also been made parties in the petition. The Registrar’s Office raised an objection, which was dismissed. Later, the court directed the petitioner lawyers to present arguments, on which PFUJ lawyer Dr. Yasir Aman Khan began the arguments.
Justice Inam Amin Minhas inquired at the beginning of the hearing that you have to tell the code of conduct along with what was there before and where the difference came from? First, let me give you the background so that you can understand the case.
PFUJ lawyer Dr. Yasir Aman Khan said that the PECA Act was brought in 2016. In the 2025 Amendment Act, some things of the 2016 Act were removed and some were added. The Social Media Complaints Council has also been included in the Amendment Act.
