Pakistan’s Senate passes bill which critics claim will suppress freedom of speech
Pakistan’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday passed a controversial bill that critics argue is designed to. The bill, which was passed by the lower house of parliament last Thursday, grants the ...
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EXPLAINER: How new cybercrime law puts digital rights at stake
Section 2R added to the law through the amendment, states that content posted online would be deemed unlawful if it: “(a) is against the ideology of Pakistan, etc.; (b) incites the public to ...
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Pakistan: 6 booked for murder over rivalry; loan extortion case filed
Six individuals have been booked in Dijkot, in Pakistan's Punjab district, by Nishatabad police in connection with the murder ...
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Pakistani journalists protest after Senate passes bill allowing control over social media content
ISLAMABAD — (AP) — Pakistan's upper house of parliament ... the power to order the immediate blocking of content deemed “unlawful and offensive” from social media, such as content critical ...
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Pakistan moves toward extensive social media regulation. Details here
Pakistan's opposition ... introduced in the National Assembly by Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Wednesday, would create an agency with the power to order “unlawful and offensive content ...