Comments on: In Pakistan – let’s screw the youth http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/07/14/in-pakistan-lets-screw-the-youth/ Global risks and how to respond to them, edited by Alex Evans and David Steven Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kashif http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/07/14/in-pakistan-lets-screw-the-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-12843 Kashif Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:25:42 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=10713#comment-12843 Interior Minister Rehman Malik categorically stated in a talk show that the government has not plans for surveillance of SMS or Emails. The Cyber Crimes Act will only invoke when a citizen will invoke complaint against some SMS/Email that he/she has received and considers to be provocative in nature. This apparently is the Minister's off-the-cuff interpretation of government's move as no clear guidelines are yet defined. As Salman Ansari, leading expat IT expert residing in USA these days, said in the same program, Cyber Crime Act is not actually an "Act" but it is rather an ordinance which was issued by President Musharraf and kept renewed after every 3 months (when it expires). In order to become an "Act", it has to be debated and approved by the Parliament. Silly getting sillier, Democracy prevails in Pakistan. Interior Minister Rehman Malik categorically stated in a talk show that the government has not plans for surveillance of SMS or Emails. The Cyber Crimes Act will only invoke when a citizen will invoke complaint against some SMS/Email that he/she has received and considers to be provocative in nature. This apparently is the Minister’s off-the-cuff interpretation of government’s move as no clear guidelines are yet defined.

As Salman Ansari, leading expat IT expert residing in USA these days, said in the same program, Cyber Crime Act is not actually an “Act” but it is rather an ordinance which was issued by President Musharraf and kept renewed after every 3 months (when it expires). In order to become an “Act”, it has to be debated and approved by the Parliament.

Silly getting sillier, Democracy prevails in Pakistan.

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