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The Punjab Defamation Bill 2024 is a controversial piece of legislation passed by the Punjab Assembly in Pakistan. The bill aims to curb the spread of fake news on print, electronic and social media platforms.
In Pakistan, sixty journalists were allegedly charged under Anti-Terrorism Act. The government, however, cited the issue with the country's law and order. In 2019 or earlier, the administration, first time in the history of Pakistan temporarily banned a journalist for possessing the material unlawfully. [13]
Pakistan was the first South Asian country to enact a law on freedom of information,it has passed the Freedom of Information (FOI) Ordinance at the Federal level in 1997. This Ordinance was later revoked and a new Freedom of Information Ordinance was issued in 2002, which has a legal status to this day as it was covered under the 17th Amendment ...
Pakistan's score was 61 on a scale from 1 (most free) to 100 (least free), which earned a status of "not free". [3] Reporters Without Borders put Pakistan 145 out of the 180 countries ranked in its 2020 Press Freedom Index. [2] A previous report by RSF in 2010 named Pakistan as one of "ten countries where it is not good to be a journalist". It ...
Defamation law has a long history stretching back to classical antiquity. While defamation has been recognized as an actionable wrong in various forms across historical legal systems and in various moral and religious philosophies, defamation law in contemporary legal systems can primarily be traced back to Roman and early English law.
is propagating any opinion, or acting in any manner, prejudicial to the Ideology of Pakistan, or the sovereignty, integrity or security of Pakistan, or morality, or the maintenance of public order, or the integrity or independence of the judiciary of Pakistan, or which defames or brings into ridicule the judiciary or the Armed Forces of ...
The Fundamental rights in Pakistan are indeed enshrined in the Constitution of Pakistan 1973. These rights are termed "fundamental" because they are considered vital for comprehensive development, covering material, intellectual, moral, and spiritual aspects, and are protected by the fundamental law of the land, i.e., the constitution.
Section 4 of the Defamation Act 2013 created the defence of "publication on a matter of public interest". This replaced the common law Reynolds defence, abolished by subsection 4(6). [7] However the ten criteria set out in Reynolds are still considered relevant in some circumstances when considering whether a publication was in the public interest.