Lahore: The Punjab government’s defamation law was challenged in the Lahore High Court.
The Chief Minister and Governor of Punjab have been made parties by the Principal Secretary in the anti-defamation petition filed in the Lahore High Court by Advocate Nadeem Sarwar. Besides, the Punjab government has also been made a party to the petition.
The petition contends that the defamation law is against the constitution and the law. A new law cannot be made in the presence of the Defamation Ordinance and the Defamation Act. Journalists were not consulted in the defamation law.
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According to the petition filed in the Supreme Court, the defamation law has been brought in hastily to control journalists and media. The court should declare the law of defamation invalid and the implementation of the law of defamation should be stopped until the final decision of the petition.
It should be noted that Acting Governor of Punjab Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan had signed the Defamation Bill passed by the Provincial Assembly yesterday, after which it has now become a formal law and will come into force after gazette notification.
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