LAHORE – On the occasion of the International Day of Action Against Internet Censorship, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan have expressed deep concern over an attempt by the Ministry of Information Technology in Pakistan to further restrict freedom of expression, creativity and peaceful […]
KARACHI: This is with reference to Jahanzaib Haque’s article “How to say yes to online censorship” (March 13). I believe that no system that gives power to the state to censor content on the internet should be allowed to be called ‘developed’. Any such system or firewall will only be used by the government to […]
Jamal Khurshid The Sindh High Court issued a notice to the advocate general on Tuesday on an application seeking the shifting of Syed Salman Saqib, a convict in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and killing conspiracy case, from Hyderabad to a Karachi prison. The court was hearing the appeals filed by main convict Ahmed Omer […]
Lahore: On the occasion of the international day of action against Internet censorship, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), have expressed deep concern over an attempt by the Ministry of Information Technology in Pakistan to further restrict freedom of expression, creativity and peaceful […]
By Jahanzaib Haque The writer is Web Editor of The Express Tribune and tweets @[email protected] There are two opposing narratives being discussed about the government’s call for a national level internet blocking and filtering system, and both must be understood to find a path forward. On the one hand, NGOs, internet monitoring groups, parts of […]
Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: Journalists covering the opening session of the Senate on Monday can expect a tough time because under the new rules of business, they run the risk of breaching the privilege of Senators if their reporting is viewed as a ‘reflection’ on them or the house. Journalists covering proceedings of the Senate, its […]
In our country there has been a media revolution so to speak. Several news channels and newspapers have opened up and all of them have played an important role in development and progress of society in a number of ways. However, there are certain issues like for instance the persecution of journalists themselves at the […]
By Umer Nangiana ISLAMABAD: The Secretariat police on Friday booked Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, grandson of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti, along with five officials of the Punjab police in his security protocol, for thrashing and giving life threats to two journalists at a local hotel on Thursday. Bugti, also chief of the Balochistan chapter of […]
Talat Farooq According to The Washington Post, “media censorship is nothing new in Pakistan, where military dictators come and go. But newly proposed rules to ban TV programming deemed ‘against the national interest’ spring from an unlikely source: a civilian government that has prided itself on inching the country towards democracy over the past four […]
Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: The Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) at a meeting on Friday adopted a resolution urging the government to repeal the Defamation Act of 2004 in order to provide a conducive atmosphere to media personnel to perform their professional duty in a better way. The council also took a number of other […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is advertising for companies to install an Internet filtering system that could block up to 50 million Web addresses, alarming free speech activists who fear current censorship could become much more widespread. Internet access for Pakistan’s some 20 million Web users is less restricted than in many countries in Asia and the Arab […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) (Dastoor) has rejected all governmental proceedings and plans regarding the infringement of media freedom in the country, and expressed its anger at the designs of the government to chain basic media freedom. The media body also called for an end to the case filed against senior journalist Hamid […]
QUETTA: Quetta’s Judicial Magistrate (III) Muhammad Ibrahim Kakar has again issued a bailable warrant for TV anchor and columnist Hamid Mir for his failure to appear before the court in connection with a complaint lodged by a senior lawyer, Khalid Khan Kakar. The lawyer has complained against Mr Mir for writing what he describes as […]
Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: Two television journalists’ attempt to snoop on a Baloch leader and a US diplomat meeting privately in a hotel here on Thursday ended in a fracas and detention of four Punjab police personnel. Islamabad police said they were also looking for seven bodyguards of Jamhoori Watan Party leader Shazain Bugti. They, together […]
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