Islamabad: Minister for In Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has taken strict notice of the filing of petition in Supreme Court against the Islamabad High Court Judgment regarding PECA Act to seek restoration of section 20 of the Act.
This was stated by Minister for information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on her social media mircro blogging site twitter today.
The Prime Minister and I learned a short while ago that FIA has filed a petition in SC against the IHC Judgement regarding PECA Act 2016 to seek restoration of section 20 of the Act.1/3
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) May 7, 2022
In a tweet, she said that this petition stands withdrawn immediately, as it is squarely against the government’s stated policy and principle of standing for and ensuring freedom of expression.