Standing Committee for action against blasphemous, anti state content on social media.

ISLAMABAD -- Th e standing committee of national assembly on defence directed that all the concerned departments should take prompt action on zero tolerance against the culprits who posted blasphemous material and any kind of anti-state contents on the social media. The meeting of the committee was held on Wednesday at Parliament House, under the chairmanship of MNA Amjad Ali Khan. While briefing, the committee observed that there is lack of coordination between all the above departments regarding cyber crimes related issues.

The committee directed ministry of interior to collect information from federal and provincial departments on the said issues and submit a comprehensive progress report in the next meeting of the committee. The chairman, PTA apprised the committee that under Section 37 of the...