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Daily Archives: October 5, 2013

HRCP welcomes continuation of death penalty moratorium

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LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has welcomed the federal government’s announcement on continuing the moratorium on capital punishment and called for a thorough review of the death penalty regime in the country. In a statement on Friday, the Commission said “HRCP welcomes the government’s statement that it will persist with the moratorium […]


A ban onslaught for Sindh

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Words cannot describe the foolishness of the latest move by the Sindh government to ‘curb’ terrorism. In an inexplicable move, the provincial government has suspended essential free cyber messaging applications such as Skype, Whatsapp, Tango and Viber for three months, stating security concerns as the reason behind this step. Many are shocked that the Sindh […]


Ban it like it’s hot

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Despite popular belief, it appears that Rehman Malik wasn’t the only one with a vendetta against communication services; it’s the whole of the PPP. The Sindh government’s decision to ban Skype, WhatsApp, Viber and Tango is just another illustration of the country’s ‘just-ban-it’ approach towards matters. They say that once you taste blood, it’s hard […]


Journalist released after kidnap

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MIRANSHAH: Gunmen released a journalist Friday a day after he was kidnapped in one of Pakistan’s tribal areas on the Afghan border, a relative said. “Armed men released Lal Wazir and dropped him near Azam Warsak Bazar today,” his uncle Ibrahim Wazir told AFP. Lal Wazir, 38, who works for a local newspaper in the […]


Banning freedom

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The PPP had demonstrated that it understood little of how the internet worked when it banned YouTube to block access to one of the billions of videos on the site. That ban has now been in place for over a year and seems to have become sadly permanent. Now, the PPP provincial government in Sindh […]


Of course, I support the ban on Skype, Viber

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By: Jahanzaib Haque These are crazy times we live in. We are in this war against bloodthirsty, tech-savvy terrorists for the long haul, no holds barred. This fact must be drilled into naive minds who believe a violation of fundamental rights like freedom of expression, right to information and privacy are a gross overstep by […]


Cable operators assail new tax

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KARACHI: The Cable Operators Association of Pakistan has opposed the advance tax on cable operators slapped by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority from Oct 1, saying it will ruin cable operators’ business. Speaking at a conference at the Karachi Press Club on Friday, COAP leaders Abdul Jabar Khan, Ghufran Mustafa and others said that […]


Right to Information Ordinance promulgated

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LAHORE: The governor on Friday promulgated the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Ordinance, 2013, allowing people to open up secrecy doors of the government for the first time in history. “The law has given the constitutionally granted basic right to people to know what the government and its functionaries do. Earlier everything of the […]