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Daily Archives: February 4, 2022

‘90 per cent of cybercrimes start with misuse of social media’

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SARGODHA – A seminar on ‘Cyber Laws in Pakistan’ was organised by the Law College of Sargodha University, here on Thursday. The event was attended by Advocate High Court and Cyber Law Expert Zain Ali Qureshi, Dean Faculty of Arts and Humanities Prof. Dr Ghulam Abbas Gondal, Principal Law College Dr. Ateka Lohani, Resident Officer […]


Prosecution says Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder asked followers to march on TV channels

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LONDON: The Crown Prosecutor has told a jury that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain asked his followers to march towards officers of Geo News and two other channels during his 22nd August 2016 speech with the ultimate objective to shut down the transmissions of channels because these channels were censoring his speeches […]


Freedom of Expression Does Not Protect ‘Hate Speech’: Justice Minallah

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Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah has remarked that freedom of expression does not protect ‘hate speech or provocative speech’ while formulating an opinion on the use of social media in Pakistan. “The more a society has access to information, the better it will progress,” Justice Minallah affirmed. During Thursday’s hearing, the chief […]


Journalists injured during clash at National Press Club

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ISLAMABAD: Journalists were injured during a clash between two rival groups inside the National Press Club (NPC) on Thursday. Recently, the NPC held its annual election after which one of the groups (Azad Panel) accused their rival (Journalist Panel) of rigging. On Thursday, Azad Panel announced to conduct a referendum over the election. Leaders, members […]