Online activities are as vulnerable to crime as real life situations are. Law makers, law enforcers and individuals need to know how to protect themselves.
The following are some examples of cyber crimes:
1. Assault by Threat: Threatening a person with fear for their lives or the lives of their families through Internet e.g. Email, videos or other networks like Mobile Phones etc.
2. Cyber theft: Using a computer to steal. This includes activities related to DNS cache poisoning, identity theft, fraud, embezzlement and unlawful appropriation, espionage etc.
3. Cyber terrorism: Premeditated, usually politically-motivated violence committed against civilians through the use of, or with the help of, computer technology.
4. Cyber laundering: Electronic transfer of illegally-obtained money with the goal of hiding its source and possibly its destination.
Though Pakistan is a comparatively new member of the cyber world (i.e. mobile networks and broadband connections) and cyber crime isn’t as widespread a phenomenon as in some other parts of the world, but in Pakistan currently there exist no laws to prevent cyber crime.
One law, called Cyber Crime prevention bill, was passed by Pakistan Federal Cabinet on Jan 17, 2007. The proposed law titled “Prevention of electronic crimes bill” offered penalties ranging from six month of imprisonment to capital punishment for 17 types of cyber crimes including cyber terrorism, hacking of websites and criminal access to secure data. However, this proposed law was not passed in the Parliament and was implemented as an ordinance by former President Musharraf on Jan, 07, 2008.
According to this Ordinance, the accused could be fined one lack to five lack Rupees or three to ten years imprisonment or both.
The Ordinance was later endorsed twice by the PPP government for renewal, until it lapsed in November 2009 and was not reinstated hence. As the age of any Presidential ordinance is only six weeks from the date of its promulgation in Pakistan, there is no law at this particular time against cyber crimes in Pakistan.
By: Yaseen Chaudhary
Modified From: www.propakistani.pk
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