• December 10, 2024
• Social Media

On December 9, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemned an online trolling campaign targeting senior journalists Syed Talat Hussain, Hassan Ayub, Muneeb Farooq, and Muzamil Hussain Shah, urging the government to take immediate steps to ensure their safety. The PFUJ said the campaign was allegedly carried out through anonymous social media accounts linked to followers […]

• December 10, 2024
• Access to Information, Media and Governance, Social Media

Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja informed the Senate Standing Committee on IT and Telecommunication on December 5 that amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA) were under review to “address concerns regarding misinformation.” The prime minister’s adviser, Barrister Aqeel Malik, had earlier confirmed amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act […]

• December 10, 2024
• General News

On the evening of December 3, two armed neighbors allegedly trespassed into the Lahore residence of Syed Muzammil Shah, an anchorperson for Express News and YouTuber with 444,000 subscribers on his channel “Syed Muzammil Official.” In a statement shared on X, Shah said that the two armed men from a neighbouring house “who seem to have taken an offence over my recent political […]