ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Monday sought the help of religious scholars in discouraging fake news and promoting journalism, based on Islamic principles of accuracy and verification. Addressing a function in connection with role of religious scholars in reformation of the society, she said […]
ISLAMABAD: The Facebook management has expressed commitment to work in close liaison with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to combat cybercrime and offered to conduct capacity-building training of officers in order to keep abreast them of latest social media trends and techniques. A management team from their Facebook Headquarters of Asia Pacific, headed by Head […]
Expressing serious concerns over the Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology observed that if the social media companies were banned for not abiding the rules, it might result in international embarrassment, besides hampering digital media growth in the country. The committee met under the chairmanship of […]
KARACHI: A day after over 100 rights organisations and individuals announced a boycott of talks with the government on the Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020 unless the rules were revoked, the authorities have clarified that the implementation of rules had already been suspended. On Sunday, the rights groups in a statement said the […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday granted more time to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the federal government to furnish their replies on a petition seeking the imposition of a ban on mobile phone video application TikTok. A single bench comprising Justice Shahid Waheed took up the petition filed by lawyer Nadeem Sarwar. […]
Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary General, Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and member of the Steering Committee of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) has been elected as one of the three chairpersons of Media Freedom Coalition Advisory Group (MFC-AN). The other chairpersons are Silvia Chocarro of Article 19 and Rachael Kay of the International Freedom […]
ISLAMABAD: An annual photo exhibition and prize distribution ceremony Tuesday held here at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) to pay tribute to the hardships faced by the photojournalists in their line of duty. The event was arranged by Rawalpindi Islamabad Photo Journalist Association (RIPA) in collaboration with PNCA and the Peace and Culture […]
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency on Sunday claimed to have arrested a suspect for alleged sexual harassment and blackmailing of a lady schoolteacher through social media, said FIA cyber crime deputy director Abdul Ghaffar. The FIA received an application from the schoolteacher, resident of Gulbahar on Feb 27, stating that the suspect, a resident of […]
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has rejected the call given by some elements threatening the proposed women’s march on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8 as “unwarranted, uncalled for and totally unacceptable”. In a statement issued on Sunday, PPP secretary general and former Senator Farhatullah Babar said the Constitution guaranteed […]
THE recent Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules upend, among other fundamental rights, privacy and free speech safeguards ensured by the Constitution. Our current cyber legal landscape forces data subjects to surrender their private data and its ownership to the state and mandates service providers (now social media platforms) to retain and surrender more citizen […]
ISLAMABAD: Amid the clamour and confusion, Pakistan’s government has appointed a committee to review the country’s new social media regulations. The panel has been tasked to hold consultations with all relevant segments of civil society and technology companies to regulate online content without violating personal freedoms. The process is to be completed within two months. […]
ISLAMABAD: Over 100 rights organisations and individuals have decided to boycott government consultation on the Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020 unless the cabinet withdraws the rules it approved on Feb 11. They have also objected to the selection of committee members for consultation as not a single representative of civil society, industry and […]
Mehrab Shah Afridi, reporter of Tribal News Network (TNN), received threatening phone calls by an unknown man for sharing his news reports on social media in his hometown, Landi Kotal, a tribal area of Pakistan. According to reports, Mehrab covered a sit-in where Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader and Member of National Assembly (MNA) Muhammad […]
Starting relatively late, the private television media grew within a short period. Against all odds, journalists working for various channels established their professional worth. The best example that comes to mind was the unprecedented coverage of the devastating earthquake in 2005. Remember, the private television sector was only three years old at the time. In […]
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