Supreme Court of Pakistan on Covid-19
Tuesday, 09 June 2020
The very same Supreme Court of Pakistan that had ordered opening up of shopping malls vide their order dated 18.05.2020 and had ridiculed the Government for closing shops on Saturdays and Sundays while stating that “does the Corona virus work on these days?” now realizing the mistake it made (though not acknowledging i...
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Pakistan moves to legislate social media
Friday, 05 June 2020
A day after the government officially began its consultation meetings with local stakeholders, the Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) on Friday submitted comments and recommendations on the Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules, 2020. The AIC is an industry association that comprises leading internet and technolog...
A law on Data Protection is very near implementation in Pakistan
Monday, 01 June 2020
The draft Personal Data Protection Bill was introduced last month on the website of the Ministry of IT and Telecom for consultation. The bill lays out the requirement of consent of a citizen for their data to be processed, notices to them in case of their data being processed, non-disclosure of personal data for purpos...
Supreme Court of Pakistan orders opening up of shopping malls
Monday, 18 May 2020
Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Monday issued directions to reopen shopping malls across the country. During a hearing of a suo motu case regarding measures taken to deal with the coronavirus crisis — being heard by a five-member bench comprising the CJP, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Mia...








