{"podcast":{"title":"The Pakistan Experience","slug":"the-pakistan-experience-1064287","podcast_index_feed_id":1064287,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d124a00/podcast/rss","website_url":"Youtube.com/c/Thepakistanexperience","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/2093024/2093024-1608298531931-030235f8c205f.jpg","author":"The Pakistan Experience","episode_count":850,"summary":"The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversations. https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePakistanExperience Also available on Spotify, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Shehzad Ghias Shaikh","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T00:20:17.762914+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pakistan-experience-1064287"},"episode":{"title":"PECA, Defamation and Censorship - Farieha Aziz - #TPE 539","slug":"peca-defamation-and-censorship-farieha-aziz-tpe-539","published_at":"2026-06-21T17:26:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pakistan-experience-1064287/peca-defamation-and-censorship-farieha-aziz-tpe-539","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pakistan-experience-1064287","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepakistanexperience/episodes/PECA--Defamation-and-Censorship---Farieha-Aziz---TPE-539-e3l2mo2","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d124a00/podcast/play/121772226/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-21%2F426536330-44100-2-7fd5f64a762f3.mp3","summary":"Farieha Aziz is a Karachi-based journalist and a recipient of the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) Award for Best Investigative Report (2007–2008). She is the co‑founder of Bolo Bhi, a civil society organisation working on advocacy, policy, and research in the areas of digital rights, gender, and civic responsibility. She regularly conducts awareness trainings on digital safety, the cybercrime law, and anti‑harassment policies. She also provides assistance to women seeking legal recourse against harassment and gender‑based violence, both offline and online. Farieha has researched and written extensively on the right to freedom of expression, press freedom, and laws such as the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, particularly their impact on women. She has been a petitioner in various public‑interest cases, including the challenge to the two‑finger test—which was struck down as unconstitutional by the Lahore High Court—and has also assisted courts as an amicus curiae. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this c…","meta_description":"Farieha Aziz is a Karachi-based journalist and a recipient of the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) Award for Best Investigative Report (2007–2008). S…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4984,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-pakistan-experience-1064287/episodes/peca-defamation-and-censorship-farieha-aziz-tpe-539/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pakistan-experience-1064287/peca-defamation-and-censorship-farieha-aziz-tpe-539.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}