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December 11, 2025
A Senate IT committee has condemned Islamabad’s digital household survey app for lacking essential data privacy safeguards. Lawmakers warned that without a functional data protection law, such initiatives expose citizens to serious security and misuse risks.
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In a tense briefing, the Senate Standing Committee on IT & Telecom criticized the capital’s digital survey app for collecting sensitive personal data without basic security protocols in place. Chairperson Senator Palwasha Khan highlighted Pakistan’s ongoing failure to enact a comprehensive data protection law, calling the vacuum a direct threat to citizen safety and digital rights.
Members cited past breaches involving national ID information as proof of systemic vulnerabilities, warning that the new survey could intensify risks, especially for women and other at-risk groups. Government officials defended the initiative as a security and population-management tool, but lawmakers insisted that privacy protections must be established before any large-scale digital data collection. Until Pakistan secures its data laws, every digital initiative risks widening an already dangerous trust deficit.
