Day: January 23, 2025

In light of various concerns raised by different segment of the society, the government has said that it carried out due consultations and that the proposed amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (Peca) were not tabled in isolation. “Consultations have been held in different phases,” Prime Minister’s Coordinator Rana Ihsaan Afzal said while talking on Geo News‘ programme ‘Geo Pakistan’ on Thursday. The official’s remarks come after the federal government tabled amendments to the Peca lowering the jail term to three years from seven years for “intentionally disseminating false…

There are now 132.67 million registered voters in Pakistan, up by 0.47 million from 132.2 million, as per the fresh data provided by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). According to the latest figures, 71.28 million (53.72%) of the country’s voters are men and 61.39 million (46.28%) are women. In Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), there are 0.61 million male voters (52.37%) compared to 0.56 million females (47.63%), with a total of 1.17 million voters. Balochistan reports 3.10 million male voters (56.01%) and 2.43 million female voters (43.99%), summing up to…