Cyber-Crimes and Cyber Laws of Pakistan: An Overview

Abstract

Communications have become the most essential and quite an easy as well as fast because of technology advancement. Developing states are also getting the same blessings of computer networks and internet like the developed nations of the world. Besides, such the blessings and curses take place on account of communications in the modern technology. Cyberspace - is the medium of communication on computer networking that is not safe. Criminals use such the technology to commit crimes on cyberspace. Meanwhile the sensitive data and information are hacked to injure the person, organization, society or even a state. These (cybercrimes) and criminal may be prevented by making the sufficient laws in a country. The principle aim of this study is to discuss the cybercrimes and examine the cyber laws in Pakistan. For this purpose, there are three parts of this paper. The first part addresses the cyber-crimes explicitly in Pakistan. The second part is dedicated to the legal framework of cyber laws in the country. While the last but not least part talks about the cyber security strategy of Pakistan.

Moderating role of Government Policy into the relationship between Digital Distrust, Negative Emotions, Information Overload and Cyber violence: Evidence from Pakistan

“…Malik et al, 2022). The people involved in the unfair use of technology are violating the laws, and they are involved in cyber violence against women and children (Syed et al, 2019;Ullah et al, 2015;Usman, 2017;Zahoor & Razi, 2020;Zahoor et al, 2022). The information shared on social media platforms and other digital platforms are not secure because a lot of people have access to the information (Anjum, 2020;Bakhsh et al, 2016;Haq & Atta, 2019).…”

“…Moreover, the laws related to digital violence are strict in Canada because the government intends to control crime. Information overload is also challenging for the students who are facing these problems because they have very little protentional to get rid of this information way (Abbasi et al, 2021;Usman, 2017;Zahoor & Razi, 2020;Zahoor et al, 2022).…”

“…On the other hand, the use of vulgar language and negative commentary has increased on social media platforms because most people are using social media with fake profiles to conduct such kinds of activities (Abbasi et al, 2021;J. Awan & Memon, 2016;Hamad, Manan, Shabiralyani, & Iqbal, 2015;Hameed & Naqvi, 2021;Usman, 2017;Zahoor & Razi, 2020;Zahoor et al, 2022). Therefore, the above literature is critical to developing these hypotheses; H1:…”

“…In the current digital era, the crimes of cyber violence are increasing due to advancement in and misuse of technology (Zahoor & Razi, 2020;Zahoor, Safdar, Rafiq, & Rana, 2022). The focus of the government is to bring the technology and facilitate the people, but very less attention is paid to avoiding cybercrime (Ullah, Amir, Khan, Asmat, & Habib, 2015; Usman, 2017).…”

“…The anxiety and stress level of adolescents is increased when they are a victim of cyber violence and breach of personal information demonstrated by (J. H. Awan, Memon, & Burfat, 2019). A lot of literature discusses the negative impacts of cyber violence on adolescents (Rehman, 2020(Rehman, , 2021Riaz & Riaz, 2015;Shad, 2019;Syed et al, 2019;Ullah et al, 2015;Usman, 2017;Zahoor & Razi, 2020;Zahoor et al, 2022). However, the gap in the literature was identified and highlighted by Fan to test the relationship of government policy in cyber violence.…”