Legalising Big Brother

WE are reaching a point where we are unable to count the number of times the expression ‘yet another attempt’ has been used for the state’s efforts to restrict freedom of speech and undermine the right to privacy in Pakistan.

But, here we go again: ‘yet another attempt’ has been made to further tighten the noose around Pakistani citizens through proposed amendments to the already draconian Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), which was passed by the PML-N government in 2016.