Kya Pakistan Digital Aamriyat Ki Taraf Barh Raha Hai ? Digital Rights Experts Ka Ahem Tabsarah

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00:00Osama Fariha Mustafa, I'm giving you 30 seconds to give your closing statement.

00:06Osama, I'll start with you.

00:08Yes, of course.

00:09The most important thing is that all the actions taken by the government are within the scope of the constitution.

00:14Article 14 of the constitution gives the right to privacy, Article 19 gives the guarantee of freedom of speech,

00:22and Article 19A gives the right to access to information.

00:27So, all of this is Article 27.

00:29Don't tell us about the constitution.

00:31They'll take away everything with Article 27.

00:33A lot has been lost since Article 26.

00:35Don't remind us of the constitution.

00:37It's a dangerous game.

00:39In the Fair Trial Act, you can't spy on anyone without a warrant.

00:43So, keep all of this in mind.

00:45Fariha, your comment?

00:47Look, we're moving towards digital authoritarianism.

00:51They've acquired the tech tools.

00:53They have nothing to do with the law.

00:57But, if they think that we're lying about other jurisdictions,

01:01that they're exercising unfettered discretion,

01:03then that's not going to happen.

01:05They're not bona fide.

01:07So, this is fake news.

01:09You're saying that the government itself is receiving such fake news.

01:11Sir, sir.

01:15You, Mustafa.

01:17Look, I agree that we're moving towards digital authoritarianism.

01:22But, in the Economist's Democracy Index,

01:26Pakistan was a struggling democracy.

01:28After that, it was in the category of a hybrid regime.

01:32And then, authoritarianism.

01:34So, the only requirement of that authoritarianism is that

01:38those who speak, all of them are evil.

01:40They should be slapped in the face.

01:42Habib Jal-e-Marhum.

01:44Jal-e-Marhum.

01:46Thank you, all three of you.

01:48Look, it's very simple.

01:51In a developing society,

01:53there is debate,

01:55there is repetition,

01:57there is difference of opinion.

01:59The real truth here is that

02:01the statements of one party are very strong.

02:03And the alliance that is made against them,

02:05they don't have any statements.

02:07So, because of their silence,

02:09they want to silence everyone.

02:11That no one should speak, no one should listen.

02:13One after the other,

02:15the law is being made.

02:17Sometimes, National Security,

02:19you know, the firewall that has been going on,

02:21the first time the firewall scheme came in 2010,

02:23it was on the pawn sites.

02:25If they want the silence of the graveyard,

02:27then fine.

02:29But there are no farms growing there.

02:31Only wild grass and thorny bushes grow there.

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