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Pakistan’s intelligence agencies gain legal cover for surveillance

Despite Supreme Court rulings against illegal surveillance, Pakistan's decision allowing it's spy agency, ISI, to monitor nearly all digital conversations has sparked outrage among political leaders, activists, and legal experts.

Reema Omar, a legal advisor for South Asia at the International Commission of Jurists, highlights the reasons why the notification was made in bad faith: A notable case is Benazir Bhutto vs. the President of Pakistan, where the government was found guilty of illegally tapping the phones of political opponents with support from state intelligence agencies. While many of these leaks were either refuted or met with silence, the advent of AI-generated content has added complexity and potential threats, necessitating forensic analysis to determine recording authenticity.

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