LAHORE: Social media is one of the tools that helps writers to convey their message to the people at the time of censorship, says Uzbek writer Hamid Ismailov. Istanbul-based writer and poet Sureyya Evren, Uzbek writer Hamid Ismailov and painter artist Salima Hashmi discussed the topic — Circumnavigating censorship, can art outwit censorship — at […]
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency on Friday informed the Sindh High Court that two inquiries were underway on the complaints of actors Mehwish Hayat and Kubra Khan with regard to posting of defamatory content on social media against them. When a two-judge bench headed by Justice Omar Sial took up the two actors’ petitions for […]
Senior journalists and anchors called upon journalists to present and promote a bright picture of Pakistan, considering it as their prime duty, and avoid misinformation, being spread on the social media, and being followed by people blindly. Speaking about the hybrid warfare, senior journalists Mansoor Ali Khan, Dilawar Chaudhry, Salman Ghani, Irshad Arif and Sajjad […]
KARACHI: Saturday, day two, at the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) had one serious discussion worth pondering over about ‘Invasive Media: Right to Privacy’ and one non-serious discussion, which you hope to put behind you soon, about humour, satire and mimicry ‘Hum Sangeen Mazaq ke Lapait Mein Hain [We Are in the Grips of Extreme Fun]’ […]
Members of the federal cabinet are divided over introducing new legislation stipulating a crackdown on social media activists involved in “defaming the armed forces and judiciary”. Some cabinet members have suggested that the proposed punishments should also be applied to those involved in launching campaigns against parliamentarians. However, a few cabinet members were of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umer Ata Bandial on Tuesday said that his remarks were misreported and misconstrued on the social media. He made these observations while hearing a petition filed by PTI chairman challenging the amendments made in the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by […]
LAHORE: Special Assistant to Prime Minister Fahad Hussain says digital media should be used to stop societal polarisation and that a code of conduct and journalism ethics should be created for the positive use of social media. Mr Hussain said on the opening day of a two-day international conference on “Revisiting Relationships between Journalism and […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday allowed the Pakistan Telecommunication Autho-rity (PTA) to block the websites sharing ‘objection material’ and adjourned the hearing of a petition against uploading copies of the Holy Quran with distorted Arabic text till February 06.The court passed these orders after the PTA’s counsel sought permission to close all such […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Thursday contended before the Sindh High Court that it had no jurisdiction to take cognizance of matter about removal/blocking of defamatory content and asked the SHC to issue specific directions to social media platforms for such purpose. The PTA further claimed that in April last year, the Islamabad […]
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued a final notice to unregistered social media companies operating in the country, warning them to register and cooperate in blocking immoral and illegal content, including blasphemy. In a statement, the authority has also recommended action against these companies by other government regulators such as the State Bank of Pakistan […]
2023 serves as a year of resilience, financial growth, and prospects of making passive income come in handy with the use of social media platforms. People, in general, love the idea of it because of two reasons. First, it is one of the best ways to make money online. Secondly, social media puts apples and […]
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Secretariat has banned the entry of unauthorized social media influencers, Youtubers, and Tiktokers in the precincts of Parliament House. According to the National Assembly Secretariat, it is pertinent to mention that this decision was taken in the context of an incident of misbehavior with Parliamentarians by some unauthorized Youtuber/social media influencers at […]
President Dr Arif Alvi has said that social media was one of the reasons for differences between former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa. In an interview with BBC Urdu, the president said that misunderstandings were created by giving “undue importance to social media” and said that the country’s […]
The number of Pakistani accounts on social media platforms has crossed 217 million. According to a report by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Pakistanis have 217.1 million profiles on different social media platforms, translating to 70.1 million active social media users. YouTube is at the top with 71.7 million users in Pakistan whereas Facebook stands second […]
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