SilencedPakistan Army Act, 1952
About this law
The law governing the Pakistan Army, its discipline and its courts martial. Amendments in 2023 added offences for people subject to the Act who ridicule or bring the armed forces into hatred, including online (sections 55-B and 55-C).
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Lawyers hail ‘courageous’ SC verdict on military trial of civilians
Source reports an arrest linked to online activity: "“The decision is so important that all institutions must now realise that the Supreme Court has pronounced that the law is above you.” View this post on Instagram Lawyer Rida Hosain called it “a historic and brave decision”."