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Daily Archives: April 15, 2016

Cybercrime bill

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After much back and forth, the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 was passed by the National Assembly on Wednesday. How open to scrutiny the okaying of the proposed legislation was, and perhaps how interested lawmakers are in this piece of legal drafting, can be gauged from the fact that of the 342 members of […]


Often neglected: ‘Climate change poses significant threat to old people’

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SUKKUR: Climate change poses significant threat to old people, said HelpAid International programme manager Syed Moezuddin Hai. National climate strategies must take into account the capabilities, rights and vulnerabilities of the old people. Full participation of people of all ages in these strategies is essential to make them successful, he claimed. Hai was speaking at […]


Journalists support setting up of work-place harassment cell

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KARACHI: Women at a workshop jointly organised by the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) and Pakistan Council of Media Women unanimously agreed that a harassment cell should be set up at their workplaces so that they may be able to report such cases. As many as 20 women, including established and aspiring […]