Hate Speech

Hate speech: Up to 7 Years in Prison or fine or both

Whoever prepares or distributes information, through any information system or device that triggers inter-faith, sectarian or racial hatred, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or with fine or with both.

Examples:

• You post messages on Facebook that can trigger inter-faith or sectarian avoidance
• You write a blog that triggers ethnic hatred.

Kindly contact us if you have been subject to hate speech and wish to take action.

Hacking of accounts

Hacking Email / phone for Stalking: Up to 3 Years in Jail or Up to Rs. 1 Million in Fine or both

If someone monitor a person through mail, text message or any other form of electronic communication then you can be jailed for up to three years and a fine of Rs. 1 Million or both

Example

• You hack someone with intent to a relation that you are in or may make and then monitors the email, this could land you in jail for up to three years.

For further information on the matter contact us.

Stalking people on facebook

Cyber stalking: Up to 3 Years in Jail or Up to Rs. 1 Million in Fine or both

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 one million rupees or with both.

In order to file a complain against your stalker contact us.

Child Pronography

Child pornography: up to 7 Years in Prison or up to Rs. 5 Million in Fine or both

Whoever intentionally produces, makes available, distributes or transmits through an information system or procures for himself or for another person or without lawful justification possesses material in an information system that visually depicts

• A minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct;
• A person appearing to be a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct;
• or Realistic images representing a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct

shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine which may extend to five million rupees or with both.

For information regarding the process of filing the complaint to cyber protection authority contact us

Spreading explicit images and videos on social media

Making / Spreading Explicit Images or Videos of Minor: up to 7 Years in Prison or up to Rs. 5 Million in Fine or both

Whoever intentionally and publicly exhibits or displays or transmits any information which:

• Superimposes a photograph of the face of a minor over any sexually explicit image or video
• Includes a photograph or a video of a minor in sexually explicit conduct
• Intimidates a minor with any sexual act, or any sexually explicit image or video
• Cultivates, entices or induces a minor to engage in a sexually explicit act,

through an information system to harm a minor or his/her reputation or to take revenge or to create hatred or to blackmail, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or with line which may extend to five million rupees or with both.

For further information and for complaints contact us.

Spreading False Information

Spreading False Information about an Individual: up to 3 Years in Prison or up to Rs. 1 Million in Fine or both.

Whoever intentionally and publicly displays any information through any information system, which he 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 one million rupees or with both:

Example

• You know that an information is wrong and you still post or share it on Facebook about a person that damages his/her reputation

Not to mention, 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)