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ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Cyber Crime Bill-2016
endorsed by both houses of the Parliament would greatly help
reduce the number of women harassment cases especially in rural
areas, a senior official in the Ministry of Information Technology
and Telecommunication said Friday.
As per an article of the bill, “If you try to get into a
relation with someone online through internet website, email, SMS,
phone or any communication tool despite there is disinterest from
the other party then you can be jailed for three years or imposed a
fine which may extend to Rs one million or with both.”
Talking to APP, he said that internet was the engine of
economic growth in the modern world and no country could afford to
block it every time; however there was a need of such legislation to
resolve the issue permanently.
It may be mentioned here that the Senate Standing Committee on
IT, headed by Shahi Syed, gave substantial input and made amendments
in 16 different sections of the bill to safeguard the common man.
To a question he said intentionally and publicly displayed any
information through any system, which he/she knows to be false and
intimidates or harms the reputation or privacy of a natural person,
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
three years or with fine which may extend to Rs one million or with
both.
He said “You know that an information is wrong and you still
post or share it on Facebook about a person that damages his/her
reputation come under the law.”
However he said, this section will not apply where offense is
committed by a broadcast media licensed under the Pakistan
Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002 (XIII of
2002).