ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police Inspector General Tariq Masood Yasin has directed all police stations to create own Facebook pages in order to enhance interaction between police and the community, and maybe earn a few likes. The IGP chaired a meeting of all police officers from SHOs to DIGs to review the overall crime situation and police performance […]
ISLAMABAD: In the latest example of the misuse of increasingly popular social media, none other than Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif fell prey to an internet hoax. A fake news report that went viral on the internet quoted Israel’s defence minister as threatening to “destroy Pakistan with a nuclear attack”. This infuriated Khawaja Asif, who is […]
LAHORE: Even though the internet is highly regulated, hate speech and threats, especially against women and religious minorities, remain unchecked. Social media and other webpages are often blocked and filtered on the grounds that they are hurting religious sentiments of the majority, stated a report called Desecrating Expression—An Account of Freedom of Expression and Religion in […]
MIRPURKHAS: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has said that people involved in yellow journalism should review their behaviour. He further added that a conspiracy against the legal system was rampant on the social media. Jamali said that a coup was imposed on the judiciary through the PCO, adding we should try that […]
LAHORE – Owing to pressure from different influential quarters, Cyber Crime Bill has been made toothless as of its total 55 sections only three fall under the category of cognizable offences, well placed sources in the FIA said. After such a pathetic drafting, the bill would not serve the purpose of the National Action Plan […]
PESHAWAR – The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s website was hacked by a group calling itself “Pakhtun Cyber Army”. The hackers left a message on the defaced website that the web portal was not hacked for fun, but to highlight failure of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government in the province. The hackers defaced kp.gov.pk with another message criticising […]
It is distressing that in many parts of the country citizens are being asked to get permission and no-objection certificates from the authorities for exercising their right to assemble peacefully and to discuss human rights and other issues. Speakers said this while addressing a seminar ‘no right without right to freedom of expression’ which was […]
LAHORE: Some provisions of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 have been challenged in the Lahore High Court for being “contrary to the fundamental rights of citizens as protected in the Constitution”. Social worker Zubair Niazi filed the petition through Advocate Sheraz Zaka pleading that the impugned law has been passed without approval of […]
By SAHER BALOCH KARACHI: Complainants facing sexual harassment on the internet continue to retract their statements despite being assured of timely justice, because of thana culture and the fear of being subjected to disgrace once they decide to pursue their case, said SP-South Shahla Qureshi at a conference on Tuesday. The conference, which was organised by […]
KARACHI: Speakers discussed the good, the bad and the ugly side of social media on the second day of the ninth Aalmi Urdu Conference on Friday. At a session titled ‘Nayi Samaji Zarai aur Iblagh ki Surat-e-Haal [Social Media and the state of means of communications]’, speakers debated the beneficial and harmful effects of dependence of […]
AS many women already know, the online space is not a level playing field — and violence is not always physical. The freedom that the internet affords can, in the hands of depraved and unscrupulous individuals, lead to consequences that can take a serious toll on women’s emotional well-being as well as their personal and […]
LAHORE: A female schoolteacher of a small village in Kharian refused to make out-of-court settlement with her tormentor who uploaded her objectionable pictures on her Facebook account. On Tuesday, she said her persistent standing against the cyber crime suspect was redeemed when an additional session judge, Lahore, handed down two-year imprisonment to him (Yasir Lateef) […]
ISLAMABAD: Women find themselves particularly vulnerable in the increasing cybercrime, a conference on ending online violence against women was informed on Monday. BBC journalist Shumaila Jaffery told the conference that 45pc of the 3,000 cyber crimes reported by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) related to harassment of women. “Honour turns to murder in digital spaces,” […]
KARACHI: A sessions court turned down on Saturday the bail application of an assistant professor at Karachi University’s psychology department in a case registered under the Prevention of Electronic Crime Act (PECA), 2016. Prof Farhan Kamrani was arrested last month for allegedly posting fabricated photos of a woman teacher, who has been working as a […]
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