Cyber Stalking (PECA Section 24)
PECA section 24 sets out the offence of cyber stalking where a person, with intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass, uses information systems or the Internet in the manners described in the Act. Read the full section text for subsections and punishments.
Practical notes
Repeated unwanted contact, tracking, or threat campaigns may be relevant factually, but charging decisions require matching statutory language. Preserve message threads unbroken rather than isolated screenshots where possible.
Applicable PECA provisions
Links open LawHub’s National corpus text for PECA 2016. Read the full section before relying on a short label.
Evidence checklist
- Full conversation exports
- Call logs and frequency patterns
- Any location-sharing or tracking indicators
Practical next steps
- Document a timeline of contacts.
- Use platform blocking and reporting tools.
- File through official channels with the timeline attached.
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Sources & provenance
- The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 (Pakistan Code consolidation) — Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of Pakistan (Pakistan Code). National corpus consolidation_date 2025-02-07; source_id pakistancode-peca-2016.
- Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act No. II of 2025) — Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) / Senate Secretariat gazette publication. Presidential assent and Gazette Extra. publication 29 January 2025; [94(2025)/Ex. Gaz.].
- NCCIA online complaint portal — National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (complaint.nccia.gov.pk). Host complaint.nccia.gov.pk resolves on the public DNS (Cloudflare). Bot fetches may receive HTTP 403; users should open the official domain in a browser and follow current on-site instructions.