A renewed debate on the YouTube ban has been heating up as the Nawaz Sharif government settles in, with hopes raised that the new administration would work to restore the video-sharing website as a matter of priority. Nine months have passed since authorities in Pakistanslapped a ban on YouTube for hosting a blasphemous video. While the […]
By: Azam Khan ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday took suo motu notice of blasphemous content circulating on the internet and sought a report from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman within a week. A complaint, registered through the Human Rights Cell of the Supreme Court by UK-based Pakistani Barrister Amjad Malik, drew […]
IT is unfortunate that some mobile phone networks have developed an underhand system to fleece customers of their money. They operate as follows: the post-paid bill reminders start coming by sms with increasing frequency as soon as 70 per cent of the amount taken in advance from the customer has been used up. Each reminder […]
LAHORE: The writers of South Asian Peace Charter, led by Radha Kumar, director general of the Delhi Policy Group, visited on Monday the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) for interaction with women activists. The writers, drawn from all South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) have prepared a draft […]
IT is undesirable that ever since PTV Sports came on the air, leading private sports channels like ESPN and Star Sports are blocked every now and then to increase PTV Sports viewership where you have to watch too many advertisements even during the overs in cricket matches at times. Even worse, we are unable to […]
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