{"id":6371,"date":"2021-02-18T06:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=6371"},"modified":"2021-02-18T06:07:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T06:07:02","slug":"fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said\u00a0that\u00a0the business of Information Technology industry in Pakistan had been damaged seriously by decisions of courts in\u00a02014. He said while addressing an international media workshop at Fatima Jinnah Women University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added the erroneous verdicts of judiciary have not only destroyed the IT industry in Pakistan but also worsened our relations with IT companies on international level. Moreover, he said, the state policies also worked as fuel on fire in this regard. \u201cI advise judges not to hear cases pertaining to technology matters,\u201d said Federal Minister for Science and Technology. &nbsp; He said previous verdicts of courts, particularly those in 2014, had dented Pakistan\u2019s relations with digital and technology companies and hindered the progress of the industry in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIT companies should be invited by the government for the training and skills development of Pakistani students in colleges and universities,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said\u00a0that\u00a0the business of Information Technology industry in Pakistan had been damaged seriously by decisions of courts in\u00a02014. He said while addressing an international media workshop at Fatima Jinnah Women University. He added the erroneous [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4619,4621,3721,4620],"class_list":["post-6371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan-news","tag-fawad","tag-it-related-cases","tag-judges","tag-not-to-hear"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases - Pakistan News International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases - Pakistan News International\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Rawalpindi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said\u00a0that\u00a0the business of Information Technology industry in Pakistan had been damaged seriously by decisions of courts in\u00a02014. He said while addressing an international media workshop at Fatima Jinnah Women University. He added the erroneous [...]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-109.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f\"},\"headline\":\"Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-18T06:07:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-18T06:07:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/\"},\"wordCount\":165,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-109.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Fawad\",\"IT related cases\",\"judges\",\"not to hear\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Pakistan\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/\",\"name\":\"Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases - Pakistan News International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-109.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-18T06:07:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-18T06:07:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-109.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-109.jpg\",\"width\":660,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pakistan News International\",\"description\":\"Latest News, Breaking News from Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pakistan News International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg\",\"width\":431,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Pakistan News International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f\",\"name\":\"News Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"News Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/author\/zafarmalik\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases - Pakistan News International","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases - Pakistan News International","twitter_description":"Rawalpindi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said\u00a0that\u00a0the business of Information Technology industry in Pakistan had been damaged seriously by decisions of courts in\u00a02014. He said while addressing an international media workshop at Fatima Jinnah Women University. He added the erroneous [...]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-109.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News Desk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/"},"author":{"name":"News Desk","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f"},"headline":"Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases","datePublished":"2021-02-18T06:07:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-18T06:07:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/"},"wordCount":165,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-109.jpg","keywords":["Fawad","IT related cases","judges","not to hear"],"articleSection":["Pakistan"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/","name":"Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases - Pakistan News International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-109.jpg","datePublished":"2021-02-18T06:07:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-18T06:07:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-109.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-109.jpg","width":660,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/fawad-asks-judges-not-to-hear-it-related-cases\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fawad asks judges not to hear IT related cases"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/","name":"Pakistan News International","description":"Latest News, Breaking News from Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization","name":"Pakistan News International","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg","width":431,"height":121,"caption":"Pakistan News International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f","name":"News Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"News Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/author\/zafarmalik\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6373,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6371\/revisions\/6373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}