Karachi, Feb. 16 -- The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) president, Dominique Pradalie, has demanded that the contentious Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) law be repealed in light of recent changes made by the Pakistani government, according to The News.

According to a report by Geo News, The subject was debated during the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Congress in Islamabad, where Pradalie was present, according to a post she made on X on Thursday.

She retweeted a post by a PFUJ member and wrote, "At the PFUJ congress in Islamabad, we asked for the abolition of Peca law endangering seriously the journalism in Pakistan," as quoted by Geo News.

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