Section 54 of the PTA Act deals with national security and authorizes such intercepts, though it does not specify the agency or the rank of officials that can issue the surveillance orders.
Omar Ayub Khan, the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, called the government notification a “black law.”
“Everything can be tapped for national security,” he told reporters. “There is no definition of national security defined. It could be anything. Remember this will be a black law.”
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Section 54 of the PTA Act deals with national security and authorizes such intercepts, though it does not specify the agency or the rank of officials that can issue the surveillance orders.Omar Ayub Khan, the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, called the government notification a “black law.”“Everything can be tapped for national security,” he told reporters. “There is no definition of national security defined. It could be anything. Remember this will be a black law.”@threadreaderapp unroll