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Swat Press Club de-sealed on PHC orders

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MINGORA: The Swat Press Club was de-sealed on the orders of Peshawar High Court (PHC) Mingora Bench here on Thursday. A division bench of the PHC Mingora bench comprising Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Waqar Ahmad ordered the district administration to de-seal the club. Aurangzeb Khan Advocate represented the Swat Press Club management while Assistant […]


On social media rules

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The fate of the government’s social media regulations hangs in the balance. The second version of the rules – titled Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards) Rules, 2020 – were released in November 2020 and almost immediately ran into opposition from civil society and social media companies, the latter under […]


PTA lifts ban on TikTok after PHC order

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ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR: In compliance with an order issued by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday, the Pakistan Telecommu­nica­tion Authority (PTA) asked service providers to unblock access to social media platform TikTok that allows users to share short video clips. In line with the PHC judgement and provisions of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes […]


Problems of journalists to be solved on priority basis: Punjab CM

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Lahore – A delegation of Lahore Press Club (LPC), led by its president Arshad Ansari, called on Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office to discuss the resolution of problems of journalist colony at Harbanspura. The CM assured to early resolve the issues adding that the problems of the journalist community will be […]