• September 3, 2020
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The five dating applications, recently blocked by the PTA, were found involved in spreading nudity and promoting even homosexuality by sharing indecent videos of lesbians and gays. These live broadcasting Apps also contained such indecent and immoral content hosted by Pakistani users, which showed how these Apps were spreading immorality within the society. A […]

• September 3, 2020
• Arts and Culture

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting has stressed the need for revival of the film industry in Pakistan. Presiding over a meeting of the committee on Wednesday, its chairman Faisal Javed noted that the film industry had declined to this level because previous governments had done nothing to promote it. The meeting […]

• September 2, 2020
• General News

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan yesterday condemned in strongest terms the decision by a French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, to republish deeply offensive caricature of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). “Such a deliberate act to offend the sentiments of billions of Muslims cannot be justified as an exercise in press freedom or freedom of expression,” a foreign ministry statement […]

• September 1, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) have strongly condemned the life threats against investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani “for writing an investigative piece about the business fortunes of close relatives of a retired army officer”. In a joint statement issued on August […]

• September 1, 2020
• Social Media

Provincial government warns of strict disciplinary action against anyone who refuses to comply with directions The Government of Balochistan on Saturday directed its employees to “immediately” exit social media pages and WhatsApp groups that “spread misinformation and propaganda” against the provincial government. “The employees/civil servants are further directed to block all such webpages and numbers […]

• September 1, 2020
• Social Media

KARACHI: According to the latest biannual transparency report, micro blogging website Twitter has started complying with content removal requests from Pakistan — a marked departure from previous years of non-compliance. The total compliance rate, released for the first time by the company, refers to the percentage of requests where Twitter took a specific action to […]

• September 1, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

KARACHI: An antiterrorism court has exonerated five accused persons, including a journalist, in a case pertaining to allegedly possessing explosives and arms. Five accused — Syed Matloob Hussain; a journalist working for Urdu-language daily Jang, Syed Mohtashim Haider Shah, Syed Imran Haider Shah, Syed Waqar Raza and Mohammad Abbas — were charged with possessing explosives and […]

• September 1, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) suspended the licence of TV channel 24News on Monday after complaints that its Muharram transmission contained hate-based content. The complaints were lodged over portions of a Dua read after Asr prayers. The regulator said it had issued an advisory to all television channels on Aug 20, directing […]

• September 1, 2020
• Arts and Culture

Islamabad: Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) has planned to start one year Film Production Course to become a Professional Film Maker. The course would offer a foundation for understanding cinema-and its relation to culture, history, technology and aesthetics-Film Studies. According to an official, the classes were aimed to teach students to create and analyze […]