ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday urged religious scholars to jointly deal with the issue of blasphemous content on social media. The court observed that the bureaucracy had apparently failed to tackle such a sensitive issue which sometimes resulted in the murder of alleged blasphemers. The judge, who […]
ISLAMABAD: Hearing a contempt petition against non-implementation of court orders regarding blockage of blasphemous content on the social media, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday directed Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to appear before the court in person on Wednesday (today). The bench in its order noted: […]
Islamabad – The alleged racial profiling of Pashtuns in Punjab took a new turn in the Senate on Monday when the government blamed social media for stirring a controversy. Pacifying the sentiments of the Pashtun national parties, some of them also part of the ruling coalition, Minister of State for Interior Balighur Rehman said that the […]
PESHAWAR: If you are a woman living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and you are facing domestic violence, sexual harassment, child marriage or deprivation of inheritance rights then you can dial 091-9212026 to directly register your complaint at the K-P Assembly. The K-P Assembly has launched Zama Awaz [My Voice] helpline for women aimed at providing them […]
LAHORE: The Information Technology University (ITU) and the global education platform, edX, have signed a deal to integrate online learning courses in the varsity’s existing degree programmes. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ITU and edX, the non-profit online learning destination founded by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was signed on Monday. ITU […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday sought a reply from the secretaries of the ministries of interior, information technology, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on a petition seeking a crackdown on alleged blasphemous websites. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui directed the respondents to file the reply by March 7. […]
Islamabad – The Islamabad High Court will take up a petition against the five bloggers and administrations of pages on social media, allegedly involved in defiling and disgracing the names of holy personalities and places of Islam. A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui will conduct hearing of the petition on Monday […]
KARACHI: This is for the first time in the country’s history that an archaeological site, Mohenjo Daro, is going to have its own website, said culture, tourism and antiquities minister Syed Sardar Shah on Monday. While presiding over the 13th meeting of the executive board of the National Fund for Moen Jo Daro (NFM), Shah said […]
IFLIX, one of the world’s leading Internet TV service, has announced the launch of its service in Pakistan. Consumers can sign up for a 30-day free trial via iflix’s website for unlimited access to thousands of the world’s best TV shows, movies and more on every device they own, with no credit card required and […]
The Federal Investigation Agency Sindh Cyber Crime Circle arrested a man on Wednesday over charges blackmailing a person online. The FIA conducted a raid on a complaint and arrested Muhammad Saleem, who was blackmailing the complainant using Whatsapp. He was allegedly sending personal videos of the complainant to her and her family. He was threatening […]
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Google Director Ann Lavin met on Wednesday to discuss possible collaboration in digitalisation of economic activities in Pakistan. Ms Lavin, who is Google’s Director for Public Policy and Government Relations in Southeast Asia and Greater China, acknowledged the economic progress of Pakistan in last three years. She said her […]
IT was winter break at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro. The campus was largely empty, devoid of the usual students going to and from class. The women’s hostel, where female students who do not have family in town stay during the school year, was also largely empty. It was here that a young student named […]
QUETTA: Former social media head for the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) surrendered to the state during a ceremony held by the Frontier Corps on Monday. Balakh Sher Badeni said he had joined the BLA as a young immature boy. The ceremony took place on Monday at the FC Madadgar Centre in the presence of […]
QUETTA – The administration of Defence Housing Authority (DHA) has taken strong exception of the news that some people were fleecing public on fake ID of DHA Quetta website. According to a press release, it was decided in a high level meeting held on Tuesday that a crackdown against all those running fake websites would […]
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