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Citation: 2022 LHC 1786
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2021
Decision Date: 2021-12-24
Parties: Meera Shafi etc vs Federation of Pakistan etc
Case cited as 2022LHC1786
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Tariq Saleem Sheikh Title: Meera Shafi etc vs Federation of Pakistan etc Case No.: Writ Petition No. 24397/2021 Date of Judgment:2021-12-24 Reported As: 2022 LHC 1786, PLD 2022 Lahore 773 Result: Petition Dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Tariq Saleem Sheikh, J. This petition under Article 199 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan , 1973 (the "Constitution"), lays challenge to the constitutionality of section 20 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 ("PECA"), and seeks quashing of FIR No. C-72/2020 dated 25.9.2020 registered under that provision at Police Station FIA Cyber Wing Circle, Lahore. Factual background 2. Petitioner No.1 (Meera Shafi aka Meesha Shafi) is a female artist. On 19.4.2018 she posted a tweet on the Twitter highlighting the vice of sexual harassment in the entertainment industry in Pakistan and accused Respondent No.5 (Ali Zafar) of making excesses against her on more than one occasion. She stated that she was sharing that fact on social media "because I believe that by speaking out about my experience of sexual harassment, I will break the culture of silence that permeates through our society . It is not easy to speak out ... but it is harder to stay silent. My conscience will not allow it anymore #MeT oo." Several other women came up after this statement and some of them alleged that Respondent No.5 had offended them as well. Petitioners No.2 to 6 extended support to them by tweeting in their…
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