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Digitising our past-III

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An archive is just not a repository of the past: it is a lens into the reality of the present and the formation of the future. Hence the manner in which an archive is organised, accessed and utilised is critical not just for academic study but also the development of society. An archive also cannot […]


FIA arrest man for harassing woman

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PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) National Response Centre for Cyber Crime (NR3C) on Thursday arrested a man belonging to Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) for allegedly harassing and blackmailing a woman. According to details, a resident of Mansehra district lodged a complaint with FIA NR3C stating that the suspect had sent her a threatening message, […]


Countering cyber media trends

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The modern information technology provides an excellent podium for its utility for public benefit or it can also be employed for creating panic among the local population. Any person having multiple electronic connections and exclusive social capital base may create an event through transmitting a message in the form of audio or video messages. Such […]


سوشل میڈیا کی وجہ سے صحافیوں کو درپیش خطرات

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دنیا بھر میں کل آزادی صحافت کا عالمی دن منایا جائے گا، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں کسی بھی ملک کی ترقی میں صحافت کا کردار انتہائی اہم ہوتا ہے یہی وجہ ہے کہ صحافت کو ریاست کا چوتھا ستون قرار دیا گیا ہے لیکن افسوس پاکستان سمیت دنیا بھر کے صحافیوں کے تحفظ کے […]


Journalist Shahzeb Jillani’s pre-arrest bail confirmed by district court

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A district court in Karachi on Tuesday confirmed the interim pre-arrest bail of journalist Shahzeb Jillani in a case pertaining to alleged cyber terrorism, hate speech and defamatory remarks about state institutions. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had booked Jillani in a case registered under Sections 500 (defamation), 109 (abetment) and 34 (common intention) of […]


Dispute resolution through employment of digital technologies – I

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Technology, especially digital technology is progressing at a breakneck speed. Normally we tend to assume that not much has happened in the last decade or so. But stupendous changes have indeed taken place, particularly in the field of communication technology, e.g., Facebook was founded in a dorm room at Harvard in 2004. Twitter was started […]


Senate IT body to discuss online offences today

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Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication will meet today (Monday) to discuss online offences. The committee has summoned the National Response Centre for Cybercrimes for a briefing on cybercrime complaints received and investigated, cases registered and their current status, while indicating the nature of offences in the last two years. The […]


Verbal bullying on social media

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Long ago, prior to the popularity of social media, adults would teach children the adage, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me.” The quote was often used in the context of verbal bullying. However, the phenomenon of verbal bullying has become more prevalent via the medium of internet communication, […]


Journalists targeted with coordinated smear campaigns online

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KARACHI: Twitter users on Friday raised serious concerns over the increasing weaponisation of social media and online smear campaigns against several Pakistani journalists. The first series of the malicious hashtag campaigns emerged as the top three Twitter trends in Pakistan on Wednesday. The trends accompanied by scurrilous trolling, misinformation and doctored images targeted Marvi Sirmed, […]


Report highlights online abuse experienced by women activists in Pakistan

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KARACHI: Fifty-five per cent of women journalists, social media activists and human rights defenders in digital spaces surveyed have been subjected to online abuse or harassment. Ninety-one per cent felt the abuse was gendered and mostly personal in nature. Eighty-five per cent said the online abuse hurled at them often originated from apparently fake accounts. […]


Court reserves order on journalist’s bail plea

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KARACHI: A district court on Wednesday res­erv­ed its order on an application seeking confirmation of an interim pre-arrest bail of journalist Shahzeb Ali Shah Jillani in a case involving alleged cyber-terrorism, electronic forgery and giving defamatory remarks about state institutions. The FIA had booked Mr Jillani in a case registered under sections 500, 109 and […]


‘Specific digital content will attract international film market to Pakistan’

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Karachi: You have to have a sound digital strategy to penetrate into the international film market. Beware of the film festivals that don’t have an active marketplace in terms of distribution. This was said by American film producer and director Galen Knowles during a roundtable conference titled ‘Connecting with international audiences — developing international partnerships’ […]


Moot cautions against misuse of cyberspace

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Dera Ismail Khan: Speakers at a conference on Tuesday stressed the need to devise a comprehensive strategy to raise awareness among youth about the propaganda onslaught launched by the enemy through a soft offensive by using internet and the cyberspace with an aim to create divisions and stoke instability in the country. The two-day conference […]


Minimising the digital

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It’s one of the greatest digital age questions. What is the optimum level of connectivity that ensures that one keeps pace with the time, while at the same time not giving the entirety of the control over one’s life to technological strings? In Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World, Cal Newport echoes […]