ISLAMABAD: The Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act (Peca), 2025, would be the sole law that would allow journalists to report on weather, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was told on Tuesday.
The development occurred during the hearing of a petition against the recently passed law submitted by media professionals and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).
The hearing was presided over by Justice Inaam Amin Minhas, and the arguments were made by attorney Imran Shafique and President Riyasat Ali Azad of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA).
Shafique contended during the proceedings that the Peca law was passed so quickly that even the section numbers were wrong. He drew attention to the fact that there were so many mistakes in the law that the complainant’s definition was given twice, which contradicted
