Cyber Crime Law

As per apnaqanoon, Main goal and priority is to protect the nation’s interests and defend Pakistan, to uphold and enforce criminal law, and law/qanoon enforcement in the country.

As per apnaqanoon,FIA was established with objective to deal with Smuggling, Narcotics, Currency offences, Enforcement of Law/qanoon relating to Foreigners, Immigration & Passports and offences having inter-provincial

As per apnaqanoon,The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is in charge of the National Response Centre for Cyber Crime (NR3C). In Pakistan, it serves as a cyber law/qanoon enforcement agency. The NR3C has expertise in digital forensics, information system security audits, technical investigation.

As per apnaqanoon,It is a federal anti-corruption body also to investigate federal employees involved in correption and fraud. Federal government departments refer cases to the FIA to investigate corruption charges.According to law/qanoon Volume of cybercrimes has been increasing at an expensive rate.

As per apnaqanoon,Online gaming is not a cybercrime. A crime that does not involve a computer, a network and a networked device is not a cybercrime according to law/qanoon of Peca.

As per apnaqanoon,cybercrime, also called computer crime, the use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends, such as committing fraud, trafficking in child pornography and law/qanoon describe the intellectual property, stealing identities, or violating privacy also.

As per apnaqanoon,Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 was enacted to address the prevention of cyber crimes and unauthorized acts with respect to the information system according to law/qanoon in Pakistan.

As per apnaqanoon,Sec,11 Hate speech, Prepares or disseminates information, through any information system or device, that advances or is likely to advance interfaith, or racial hatred, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years or with fine or with both according to law/qanoon .

As per apnaqanoon,Section 21 Cyber Stalking This also includes sharing of explicit content. The punishment for such harassment offences which are committed u/s 19 of PECA, 16 is 5-7 years of imprisonment or fine up to 5 million or both.

As per apnaqanoon,Sec, 20 of PECA criminalises defamation, and the newly added sub section (1-A) of Section 20 extends the right according to law/qanoon to lodge a complaint to any member of the public even if they are not defamed.