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Express Tribune
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Lawyers slam 'false flag' Pahalgam incident
Lawyers take to the streets to protest against 26th Amendment and Peca Act in Lahore. PHOTO: PPI Senior members of the legal community have condemned the Pahalgam incident in India as a false flag operation allegedly orchestrated by the Indian intelligence agency, RAW. They called on the United Nations, the UN Security Council, and the Islamic Ummah to dispatch a fact-finding mission to investigate the matter. They further stated that by suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and blocking water flow, India has effectively initiated a state of war. Practical training of lawyers for the rescue operations has also been started. These views were expressed by Advocate Supreme Court Shahzeb Khan, Founder Chairman PTI's lawyer Faisal Malik, Waheed Naz Janjua, Kaneez Fatima Chaudhry, Syeda SB Maria, Rukhsana Yousaf, Rahat Saleem, Arshad Mahmood Janjua, Muhammad Hammad Afzal, Raja Usman Ali and Jahangir Ali Zeb Advocates while talking to The Express Tribune. These senior lawyers said that Pakistanis are a peace-loving nation. India should not consider our nobility and peace-loving attitude as cowardice. If India started a war, India would get a stronger response than that of February 2019.
Express Tribune
14-02-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
PECA is a bland act, says Fazl
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the opposition party fired a broadside against the recently-enacted Prevention of Electronic Crimes Amendment Act (Peca), terming it a law to gag the media and usurping the people's fundamental right of freedom of expression. Addressing a seminar on 'Challenges Facing the Media in Pakistan', organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman termed PECA act a bland act. Fazl said that the government should not make a code of conduct for journalists, rather it should be prepared by the journalists themselves. He added that every dictator had violated the sanctity of the Constitution, democracy, and parliament. Speaking at the seminar, Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai said that fake people had been brought to parliament, who were only taking orders and not representing the people. He praised the efforts of Fazl in the passage of a balanced 26th Constitutional Amendment. He added that even if the current government withdrew the Peca Act, it won't be acceptable. He said that the movement against the government should not stop. The Peca Act, he said, was brought to eliminate fake news and asked what the remedy was when the government lied to the people. Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) chief Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas said that one pillar of the legislature fell, when parliamentarians were picked up in the night. All the amendments that had been passed were not possible had the political parties were not hypocritical. "We will fight for the rights of the people and we will succeed. This parliament has lost its worth, the government has collapsed, and the last pillar, journalism, has also been attacked through PECA. They want this society to become deaf and dumb," he added.
Express Tribune
31-01-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Fazl criticises Zardari for signing PECA bill
ISLAMABAD: Reacting on President's assent to Peca Act, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said it is not right to be double-faced. Talking to journalists in Dena, the JUI-F chief said he had discussed Peca Act with the president who assured him that the recommendations on the act would be accepted. However, later on, it transpired that the president had given assent to Peca Amendments Bill. Expressing dismay over the president's action, he said one should not be double-faced. The JUI-F chief said Peca Act is a kind of law which directly hits the profession of journalism. He advised the government to take into account the reservations of the journalists and hold consultations with them. He said there are certain things which are likely to be misused. When we talked about a Shariah law, the question was raised that it could be misused. "Why can the whims of the establishment be deferred if the law of Allah can be deferred,?" Fazl asked. "Our stance is clear that the elections were rigged across the country," said the JUI-F chief, adding the rigging was also committed in K-P and the government was formed on the basis of manipulated results. Fazl said his party wants snap elections in the entire country. The Constitution and parliament are not tools to be molded as per the establishment's wish.
