Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday two important bills relating to the election commission’s code of conduct and social media have been sent to the federal cabinet for approval.
In a tweet, the information minister said the first proposal seeks permission to allow parliamentarians to run election campaigns.
The second law, if enforced, will make social media defamation a punishable crime.
“Insulting the dignity of another person on social media will be made a punishable offence and the courts will be bound to decide the cases within a period of six months,” he said.
