Pakistan's upper house of parliament on Tuesday passed a controversial bill that critics argue is designed to suppress freedom of speech.

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 ...

Six individuals have been booked in Dijkot, in Pakistan's Punjab district, by Nishatabad police in connection with the murder ...

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 ...

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 ...

and advocacy of abolition of its sovereignty), 124-A (sedition), 147 (punishment for rioting), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object ...

Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a controversial bill that will give the government sweeping controls on social media, including sending users to prison for spreading ...

which the K-P Assembly strongly rejects as an infringement on free speech and freedom of expression. The resolution was presented by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Shafiullah Jan. The ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's lower house of parliament has ... a day after the government introduced the bill in the National Assembly. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act would create ...