ISLAMABAD: The rising cyber crimes in Pakistan have become a major challenge for the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) as it has registered around 5000 complaints last year. With the internet and social media use on the rise, the FIA’s Cyber Crime Wing is facing capacity issues due to the higher number of complaints regarding harassment through social […]
This month I finished my two-year term as the Project Director of the Punjab Archives Digitisation Project. The project was envisaged in 2016 by Dr Umar Saif, the then Chairman of the Punjab Information Technology Board and the founding Vice Chancellor of the Information Technology University, after he read about the dismal state of the […]
With Harris Khalique becoming the new secretary-general of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) it was expected that some new vitality and vigour would be injected into this pre-eminent human rights organisation in Pakistan. The HRCP has benefitted a lot from the old guards such as Afrasiab Khattak, Anis Haroon, Asad Iqbal Butt, Asma […]
Perhaps many Pakistanis first noticed the state of Indian mainstream news media when they caught a glimpse of its coverage of the Pulwama attack and Balakot strikes. There was genuine surprise — or more aptly, horror. However, for a section of the Indian media — especially, some respected news websites — the nationalistic, jingoistic and […]
Lahore: Following attempts to malign academic Dr Arfana Mallah and the FIR lodged against journalist Shahzeb Jillani, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its alarm at ‘the frequency with which human rights defenders and journalists are made the subject of propaganda amounting to incitement.’ In a statement issued today, HRCP has said […]
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 (PECA) is just an addition to the already existing laws that are often used against the media and journalists; laws that allow the government of the day and the state to resort to newer tactics of censorship without having to use muscle power. To this day, no one knows […]
Tabinda Nabil, a Pakistani resident in Dubai, struggled to cope with the drastic change in her life after she first became a mother. “I was a full-time teacher but, after the birth of my son, my life completely changed from a happening career to nursing and changing diapers with no social life,” she says. “All […]
Karachi: Awareness of issues regarding the earth and the environment were at the forefront of all the discussions that took place at the day-long Earth Day Symposium organised as a part of the Dhanani School of Science and Engineering’s ‘Public lecture series’ at the Habib University (HU) here on Saturday. Environmental lawyer Ahmed Rafay Alam […]
Mithi: Stressing that bio-saline agriculture can bring about an economic revolution, elected representatives, irrigation and agriculture experts, civil society activists and coal mining firms’ executives have urged the government of Sindh to introduce bio-saline agriculture scheme for farmers to eradicate poverty from the region and counter the chronic drought in Thar. They were speaking at […]
KARACHI: “I am a victim of sexual harassment. When a legislator like myself, who had a part in the making of the harassment bill, can be verbally abused by the treasury benches in the assembly the way that I was, then what to say about the other women,” said MPA Nusrat Seher Abbasi. She was […]
LAHORE (PR) Thanks to 7UP, Lahore spent three days of April 2019 in a food coma, and there were no regrets!It was none other than 7UP that brought the city together for the love of food, music and fun at the 7UP Foodies Festival. Around 120 eateries were present at the event for everyone […]
LAHORE: The Aab-e-Pak Authority bill, despite being passed by the Punjab Assembly, has not been sent to the governor’s office for final approval so far. The bill has been pending with the office of Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi for almost a month. Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar will lead the Aab-e-Pak Authority in Punjab once the […]
ISLAMABAD: The water quality standards of Rawal Dam have been reported to be satisfactory as contamination levels are recorded as less harmful and hazardous. ‘PAK-EPA teams have been collecting samples from Rawal Dam to ascertain pollutant levels in the water, however based on recent observations there is no serious threat posed to the water quality,’ a […]
KARACHI: Former inspector general of police (IGP) and former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director-general Tariq Khosa’s book ‘Inconvenient Truths’ was formally launched on Friday. The book was launched at a breakfast hosted by the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) at a local hotel. Khosa spoke about his book, which includes eye witness accounts of the […]
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