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Press freedom situation in Balochistan extremely bad: CPNE

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QUETTA: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors has declared the situation regarding press freedom in Balochistan as extremely bad and contrary to democratic standards. According to a press release issued by the CPNE here on Tuesday, the overall situation regarding press freedom in the province was reviewed at a meeting of CPNE’s standing committee in […]


Govt to monitor social media, says interior minister

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ISLAMABAD: Amid growing concerns over the alleged disappearanceof a number of social media activists linked to the ruling party, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday announced plans to formulate a framework to monitor social media in order to prevent it from being used as a tool to malign national institutions and spread anarchy or extremism in […]


Action taken against 188 websites over blasphemous content, NA told

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ISLAMABAD  – The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication was informed that the Pakistan Telecom Authority had taken action against 188 websites for uploading blasphemous material. The meeting was held in the Parliament House under the chair of Syed Ali Raza Abidi because Chairman Committee Captain Safdar could not attend the meeting due to some personal engagements. PTI […]


Body to block blasphemous content on internet

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology that a high-level committee was being formed to monitor and block blasphemous content on the internet. “The committee, being constituted by the Ministry of Interior, will include representatives from PTA, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), and the ministry,” […]


Pakistan’s human rights review

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Pakistan’s next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) — a unique mechanism of the UN aimed at improving a country’s human rights situation on the ground — is all set to take place on November 13, 2017 at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The country’s last such review was held five years ago. The review is […]


The monsoon blues

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KARACHI: In our neck of the woods, the monsoon season can be both a boon and a bane. If on the one hand it has romantic connotations, on the other hand it can also have a damaging effect simply because we sometimes don’t know how to deal with it. What about the time prior to […]


‘Karachi is antithetical to the idea of a smart city’

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The effects of climate change and the need for sustainable projects to adapt or mitigate it were the highlights of a discussion held in the city on Tuesday. Non-profit Shehri – Citizens for a Better Environment and the Earth Water Network organised the event titled ‘Responsible Conversion in Karachi’ where environmentalists and researchers informed participants […]


Fata registers no polio case in one year

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PESHAWAR: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), which had raised global concerns over frequent cases of polio a couple of years ago, has been freed from the virus of the crippling disease during the past one year. “Fata completed one year without any polio case on July 27, 2017 as the last polio case from […]