Effective legislation needed to curb cyber crimes: Pervaiz Rashid

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Tuesday said there was a dire need of making effective legislation to curb cyber crimes in the country.

Talking to a news channel, he said the Information Technology was a new sector at the national business arena and there was still room to improve the check and balance system. Commenting on a report of the New York Times about working of an IT company - Axact, the minister said it was because of the shortcomings in the existing laws dealing with cyber crimes. He said there was no sufficient awareness about ‘e-business’ in Pakistan, even educated community had less information about it. “Unfortunately, there is no law to deal with cyber crimes effectively,” he added. Accordingly, Pervaiz Rashid said, a bill had been moved in the Parliament to prevent cyber crimes but it was lingering on due to difference of opinion among political parties. “The Act will be enforced as soon as the bill gets the nod from the quarters concerned after which the elements involved in cyber crimes will be arrested,” he said. Replying to a question, the minister said the government and law enforcement agencies were bound to take action when a crime surfaced.

Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk

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