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Daily Archives: April 24, 2015

Suffocating cyberspace

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Pakistan hardly has an impressive record when it comes to universal human rights standards, and the formulation of a contentious Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, which is pending parliamentary approval before it becomes a law, is posing a major assault to freedom of expression within the country. In its current form, the proposed Bill […]


Revamping standards: Shahbaz says use of IT can curb crime

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LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Thursday that use of information technology could curb crime and facilitate provision of justice to the people at police stations. He was chairing a meeting convened to review the law and order situation and security arrangements in the province at the Arfa Karim Software Technology Park. Sharif ordered […]


‘NA committee must reconsider cybercrime bill’

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ISLAMABAD: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of stakeholders has asked that the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) 2015 be reconsidered by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology. The new cybercrime bill was approved by the chair of the committee last week, in the absence of most opposition members who had objected to […]


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Call for ‘transparency’ in cybercrime bill

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KARACHI: The cyber rights groups have voiced their demands from the government to publically share the draft of the cyber crime bill and called for inclusion of civil society members in the revision of the bill before it is passed in the National Assembly. In a discussion held in the Habib University over the ‘controversial’ […]


Growing bonhomie: FO quells Indian media concerns over China ties

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said its increased engagement with China would contribute towards stability in the region, rejecting concerns being raised in the Indian media about the outcome of recent visit by the Chinese President. “We conduct our relations with other countries on the basis of mutual interests. The Chinese engagement with Pakistan, and in […]


Journalist laid to rest

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KARACHI: Veteran journalist Sheikh Abdul Quddoos, an active member of Karachi Press Club and the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), lost the battle to cancer this afternoon. Quddoos was a dedicated journalist whose career spanned several decades. He worked at many media institutions, including the Daily Amn and the Daily Jehan-i-Pakistan for many years, as […]


The ‘unique’ aspects of the Cyber Crime Bill 2015

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Since the approval of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (PEC) Bill 2015 by the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication, there has been a lot of hue and cry. Human rights groups and activists have termed the PEC Bill a ‘draconian’ law. The groups advocating freedom of expression and internet freedom consider […]