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Pakistan’s Incomplete Progress: The 2022 Anti-Harassment in the Workplace Act

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Image source: Kate Lopaze ‘What are the different types of workplace harassment?’ [image] (TheJobNetwork)< https://www.thejobnetwork.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-workplace-harassment/ > accessed 16 March 2022. “Mobbing”, “sending offensive words or images”, “making sarcastic or snide remarks”, “unwanted physical contact”, “abusing a position of power”:[1] these are some examples of harassment definitions from around the world. Manifestations of workplace harassment are […]

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The PECA Amendment: Reputation or Right to Speak?

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The amendment widens the definition of an “aggrieved person” to include, in addition to the natural person (i.e., a living human being), “any company, association or body of persons whether incorporated or not, institution, organization, authority, or any other body established by the Government under any law or otherwise”. [emphasis added] Plainly, this expands the scope of online defamation by allowing both government bodies and the general public to pose as victims of online defamation.

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