ISLAMABAD: A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court against the government’s proposed law to regulate social media. The cabinet secretary, law and justice secretary, information secretary and PTA chairperson have been named in the case, which has been filed by Jehangir Khan Jadoon, a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association. “The main objective of the impugned rules seems to be to control the social media though indirect control by the government and ruling party,” it said. It says the law is against Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 19 of the Constitution, which guarantee freedom of expression. He wants the court to declare the law in its present form illegal and restrain the respondents from implementing it.

Source: Pakistan Today February 21, 2020 15:56 UTC