• March 15, 2021
• Media and Governance

After expressing reservations over unseemly exchanges of views between political groups during the Senate elections, the government has released new directives prohibiting officials from key agencies from using social media. All departments, secretarial branches, and chief secretaries of all provinces have been issued an official notice in this respect. The government has directed staff to […]

• March 13, 2021
• Social Media

The government is currently working on a new policy to distribute advertisements across different digital platforms, the head of the government’s digital wing Imran Ghazali has said. Speaking to Dawn, Ghazali — the general manager of the Digital Media Wing — said that once approved by the prime minister, the new policy will allow the […]

• March 6, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD – President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday said that digital media could act as an effective tool to bring reformation in the society through dissemination of public awareness messages. In an interactive session with journalists-cum-digital media influencers here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President stressed responsible use of social media with a constructive approach to […]

• February 28, 2021
• Social Media

Rawalpindi: Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) in collaboration with Association of Media and Communication Academic Professionals (AMCAP) with Punjab Higher Education Commission organised Doctoral Spring School 2021. International Academia along with national resource persons delivered lectures and individually advised the students on research proposals. In the nine day doctoral Spring School, forty PhD scholars, researchers […]

• February 23, 2021
• Social Media

RAWALPINDI: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing has finalised preparations for conducting a major operation against those elements who have made fake identities on social media websites, like Facebook, and are fleecing citizens of their hard-earned money. Sources in the FIA told The Express Tribune that fake IDs of citizens are being made […]

• February 22, 2021
• Social Media

THE government’s conduct regarding its efforts to regulate ‘unlawful’ online content remains opaque and smacks of tokenism, notwithstanding attempts to appear otherwise at the prodding of the Islamabad High Court. On Jan 25, it promised the court it would consult with relevant stakeholders to revise the social media rules it had notified in January 2020 […]

• February 20, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General for Pakistan has agreed to the proposal of the formation of a council to review ‘unwanted’ social media content, as currently there is no proper forum to examine social media feeds, the stakeholders claimed on Friday. AG Khalid Jawed Khan gave his consent while presiding over a meeting with the stakeholders […]

• April 26, 2015
• New Media, Social Media

KARACHI: After an extensive discussion at Karachi Press Club, experts and journalists formed a ‘Cybercrime Bill Review Committee’ that will hold briefings for senators and parliamentarians. The purpose of the committee is to prevent the bill from being passed as a law. The committee comprises international expert on cybercrime Zahid Jamil, Karachi Institute of Technology […]

• April 24, 2015
• Information Technology, Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of stakeholders has asked that the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) 2015 be reconsidered by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology. The new cybercrime bill was approved by the chair of the committee last week, in the absence of most opposition members who had objected to […]

• March 6, 2015
• Information Technology, New Media, Social Media

ISLAMABAD – While Ministry of Information and Technology is busy in reviewing the proposed prevention of electronic crime bill 2015, the stakeholders believe that cyber crime was not really the core issue for a country like Pakistan, where a mere 10 percent population use internet, but cyber terrorism and cyber wars. “We have no updated […]

• March 2, 2015
• General News, Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The Paki-stan Electronic Media Regu-latory Authority (Pemra) has issued a Letter of Intent (LoI) to hire a Swiss firm for initiation of Direct to Home (DTH) licensing in Pakistan Pemra in its ad published in newspapers on Oct 30, 2014 had solicited proposals from international firms to hire a consultant. Five firms submitted their […]

• February 27, 2015
• Information Technology, Media and Governance, Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The Senate sub-committee on Information Technology on Thursday approved a draft of the Protection of Cyber Crimes Act, 2014 that aims to prevent electronic fraud, crimes and online acts of terrorism. The bill was moved by the PPP’s Dr Karim Ahmed Khawaja last May and since then had been struggling for committee approval. Senator […]

• February 6, 2015
• Social Media

LAHORE – Provincial Minister for Education Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan has said the work on Punjab Digital Library Resource Project is underway. He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting regarding e-library project at Govt College University. Chairman Punjab Education Foundation Eng Qamarul Islam Raja, Secretary Higher Education Aslam Kamboh, Chairman Punjab Higher Education […]

• January 15, 2015
• Information Technology, Social Media

Salman Ahmed from Pakistan is one of 60 young people from across the Commonwealth who are being recognised as exceptional leaders in their community. These 60 young people are the first ever to receive a prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award. The award, which will be presented in London by Her Majesty The Queen in June […]