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Daily Archives: July 16, 2022

Sindh plans crackdown on social media hate-mongers as 90 miscreants arrested over violence

Tension persisted in the Sohrab Goth area on Friday, the second consecutive day of violence that had erupted a day earlier amid protests over the killing of a youth at a hotel in Hyderabad earlier this week. In Sohrab Goth, enraged people gathered on the Super Highway near Al-Asif Square and staged a protest, bringing […]


Amin for Solving Problems of Information Technology (IT) and Telecom Industry

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ISLAMABAD  – Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-Ul-Haque Friday called for solving problems of the IT and telecom industry and giving maximum relief for the enhancement of the country’s Digital Economy. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also has a special interest in promoting the IT industry, the minister said this while attending the […]


Social media: crackdown on promoters of immoral contents to be launched

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ISLAMABAD: In a last-ditch effort to gag social media – which is an erosion of people’s constitutional rights – the federal government on Friday decided to launch a crackdown on those who “harass” and “degrade” citizens on social media. A meeting chaired by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah which was also attended by the interior secretary, […]


Journalist Imran Riaz offloaded from Dubai-bound flight

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Senior journalist Imran Riaz was offloaded from a flight from Lahore to Dubai on Friday according to immigration sources, Express News reported. The journalist’s name was added to the black list by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on the request of the police. According to FIA border control sources, the journalist was leaving for Dubai […]