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 […]
Rangers arrested four hackers in a raid in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Friday believed to be involved in crimes worth millions of dollars and Euros. A Rangers spokesperson said the paramilitary force conducted an intelligence-based raid and after putting up with resistance, rounded up four men, Mohammad Jawed Khan, Salahuddin, Shahnawaz Hussain Siddique and Syed Zulfiqar Ali […]
IT comes as no surprise that Pakistan has been ranked among the 10 worst countries for internet freedom on Freedom House’s Freedom on Net Report 2016. This was inevitable after the passage in August of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, the controversial cybercrime law that legitimises censorship and unfettered state surveillance. Pakistan scored 69 […]
IT is an indictment, but an unsurprising one. According to the Washington DC-based research firm Freedom House, Pakistan is at the lowest tier of its Freedom on the Net 2016 index. It stands in the company of several countries that have earned notoriety for tight controls over the dissemination of information and access to the […]
KARACHI: The government’s attempts to tighten its grip on the internet — the information superhighway — through a series of controversial laws and policies has placed Pakistan among the 10 worst countries for internet freedom for a second straight year. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, also seems to have done little to improve […]
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s recent claims about new cybercrime legislation entering the cyberspace of Pakistan are filling a gap that has been void for some time and ergo, receive our approbation. It is reassuring that the government and the Ministry of Interior is monitoring the cyber arena for hate mongering as the platform […]
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said the new cybercrime legislation would help the government control cybercrimes. In a meeting with the British Home Secretary Amber Rudd, he said that the new law would also help the state agencies limit hate material on the internet and address the issue of cyber terrorism. The […]
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a man who allegedly posted revealing pictures of a woman on Facebook and tried to blackmail her. FIA officials said Sheikh Tauqeer Ahmed had allegedly created a fake Facebook account of a woman* and uploaded her compromising pictures. The suspect then blackmailed the woman, extorting Rs200,000 from her. […]
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court yesterday refused bail to a man allegedly involved in blackmailing a woman by uploading her nude pictures on Facebook, a social networking website. Muhammad Munawar, one of the suspects of online blackmailing, had filed a bail petition through his counsel and contended that he had nothing with the allegations […]
LAHORE: For the first time in Pakistan, Facebook for Developers in collaboration with the Punjab IT Board (PITB) conducted a one-day workshop at the Arfa IT Tower. Speaking at the concluding session, PITB Chairman Dr Umar Saif said, “Facebook for developers helps you build new platforms, grow and monetise your app. This program provides developers with […]
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