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The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought social innovations and improvement in societies globally within very short spans; despite this the novel advancement poses questions to core human rights, specifically the right to privacy. The paper aims to explore the issues of Artificial Intelligence (AI)and privacy rights with reference to international human rights and Pakistani Islamic legal systems. When understanding Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI)as a threat to privacy this study why it is possible for Artificial Intelligence (AI)technologies to violate individuals’ privacy by surveillance, decision-making, and profiling. This paper reviews the current measures afforded by international instruments including the UDHR and ICCPR and discusses the advantages and drawbacks of these protective regimes in relation to privacy threats posed by AI. In addition, the paper explores the Islamic law’s position on privacy and gives clarification on the principles of the Islamic law based on human dignity and confidentiality as well as created space and this can be said to correlate closely with modern notions of privacy. This paper presents an understanding of Pakistan’s social and legal context and policy suggestions for the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI)with the aim of protecting privacy rights. The results emphasize that it is due to the calls for a proportionate regime which needs to afford privacy at the same time compliance with both Islamic and international laws as well as encourage technological advancement.