Karachi: State counsel has sought more time from Sindh High Court (SHC) for filing reply during the hearing of case on selling sensitive data of over 11 crore Pakistanis on dark web while the court has sought detailed reply from concerned authorities within 15 days.The case on selling sensitive data of more than 11 crore Pakistanis on dark web came in SHC for hearing Monday.Ministry of IT and Telecommunication did not file reply in the court with reference to case.Tariq Mansoor advocate counsel for the petitioner took the plea federal government is persistently delaying legislation process. No national cyber policy is there so far. Four major cyber related incidents have taken place in Pakistan.The counsel claimed during the hearing data of Pakistanis was sold out at the cost of 2.1 billion dollars on dark web.He said principal data protection bill-2023 was tabled in assembly but no headway could be made.The state counsel sought time to file reply.Upon it court sought detailed reply from t he respective authorities within 15 days.The court directed that details of it be also presented if bill was approved or otherwise.It may be mentioned that in order to stop leakage of sensitive information on dark web , federal government last year had informed all the provincial governments and ministries by sending them circular that dark web is part of internet. Access to it can be sought through a special software. This software keeps them anonymous and unidentifiable.Proposal was given to take several steps for ensuring protection of data.