Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is concerned over the registration of a case under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) against Lahore Rang reporter Muhammad Aslam in Vehari in the Punjab province. The use of cybercrime laws to target journalists sets a dangerous precedent for press freedom in Pakistan. Journalist bodies and press freedom advocates have condemned the case. In separate conversations with PPF, Vehari Press Club General Secretary Mian Imran Hafeez called the FIR “an attack on press freedom” and warned of protests if the case was not withdrawn. Vehari Union of Journalists President Muhammad Irfan Chaudhry termed it “a blatant misuse of PECA to silence a journalist” and urged an independent investigation.