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.