Abstract
It is through this paper that the relationship between defamation laws and social respect in Pakistan can be seen with considerations to culture, law, and the social media space. The main outcomes show that legal provisions put emphasis on reputation and social order consonant with the cultures of honor and other stereotypic societal beliefs. In addition, social media has made it difficult for legal responses to satisfactorily address the defamation as it refers to an amplified personal attack. In sum, the study emphasizes the call for an understanding of defamation beyond the legal and cultural contexts of Pakistan. Due to the nature of this research, as stated above, this work lacks real life cases or primary data collection where there is a chance to show different cases in action. Furthermore, the research work is done on the bases of the Pakistani culture as well as the laws, which can be partial in understanding the global aspects about the defamation laws. A final limitation is the relative scarcity of studies with psychological and social consequences of defamation in the literature due to available research.