Details indicate that the PECA Act 2024 has authorised the creation of the Digital Rights Protection Agency (DRPA).

Following Cabinet approval, the revised PECA Bill will be introduced in Parliament.

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications has reportedly considering creating a Digital Rights Protection Authority (DRPA) under PECA 2016 in order to address dynamic digital vulnerabilities, according to sources citing the document approved by the Law Reforms Committee of the Cabinet.

According to the bill, the Digital Rights Protection Agency’s implementation would be handled by the Ministry of IT.

The authorities will look into legal infractions on social media and prosecute anyone who break the recently passed PECA law.

Those implicated in digital rights violations may be called in and questioned by the Digital Rights Authority.

It is important to note that the National Cyber Crime Investigation Authority was established by an SRO issued by the Ministry of IT last week.

The announcement states that the agency will be led by a 21-grade or higher rank officer who will not be older than 63 in the role of Director General.

There will be more directors, additional director generals, and additional directors at the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency.

Assistant Directors and other required positions will also be formed in accordance with the agency’s makeup. The federal government will designate the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency’s Director General for a two-year term.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over a special meeting of the federal cabinet, which is said to have ended. According to sources, the purpose of the meeting was to examine the findings of the committee that was established during the caretaker government’s time to look into the events of May 9.

Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar provided a report on the May 9 occurrences during the meeting, and according to sources, it was discovered that PTI was directly responsible for the violence that day.

The federal cabinet has chosen to draft legislation in relation to the May 9 incident in light of the findings.

All of the cabinet members insisted that the criminal cases against the May 9 violence’s perpetrators be pursued to their inevitable end.

The cabinet members questioned why the perpetrators of the May 9 incidents had not yet been punished, but those involved in the Capital Hill incident had received punishment.

Today is the first anniversary of May 9, the day that attacks on military sites began in response to the detention of PTI founder Imran Khan.

After agitated rioters vandalised military posts and other private and public buildings on May 9, 2023, the government launched a harsh crackdown on PTI founder Imran Khan and his party.

May 9 was designated as “Black Day” by the Pakistan Army in response to the violent protests.

The Rawalpindi district government declared on Wednesday that Thursday will be “Black Day” in a notification.

May 9 is marked solemnly to demonstrate our dedication to safeguarding our nation’s high-security assets and honouring the honour of our valiant armed personnel.

Various ceremonies were held for professors and students in all educational institutions to emphasise the significance of May 9 as “Black Day.”

30 kilometres lay between the epicentre of the earthquake and Quetta, which is located in the south.

Yet, as of yet, no reports of fatalities or property damage have come from any region in Balochistan. Frantically reciting Kalma-e-Tayyaba, people emerged from their homes.

Khuzdar district in Balochistan was rocked by an earthquake on May 3 with a magnitude of 4.2.

12 kilometres below the surface, the epicentre of the earthquake was close to Turbat.

Yet, as of yet, no reports of fatalities or property damage have come from any region in Balochistan. Frantically reciting Kalma-e-Tayyaba, people emerged from their homes.

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The Malir neighbourhood of Karachi was struck by an earthquake on Thursday that registered a magnitude of 3.1.

In Malir, Landhi, Quaidabad, Kathore, and Gadap Town, there were indeed earthquakes, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC).

12 km was the reported depth of the earthquake’s epicentre, which was New Malir Karachi.

An earthquake that struck Karachi’s Malir district earlier that day had a Richter scale value of 3.1.

In Malir, Landhi, Quaidabad, Kathore, and Gadap Town, there were indeed earthquakes, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC).

12 km was the reported depth of the earthquake’s epicentre, which was New Malir Karachi.