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Category: Free Speech

  • ‘Bolta Pakistan’ censored in certain areas of Pakistan

    “Bolta Pakistan” an AAJ.tv show featuring Mushtaq Minhas and Nusrat Javed came ‘on air’ today and barely five minutes later certain parts of the country namely Islamabad and Karachi were taken off the air. A viewer reported that the comparers had started discussing the negotiations taking place between the PPP hierarchy and the US diplomatic…

  • Vote Rigging Videos in Karachi – could this be why YouTube is blocked?

    A few videos appeared yesterday barely a few days following the elections showing some polling officers setting up the voting process. I have personally not seen them but am told that they show some serious election manipulations of the four videos that were online two have been deleted but two specific videos still remain available.…

  • Youtube blocked in Pakistan

    Just in – Youtube seems to have been blocked in Pakistan There are two theories one is that an Anti Islamic movie was being blocked while another theory is that a few videos did surface which showed poll rigging in Karachi Sources say that this video could very well be the objectionable video that is…

  • Hamid Mir shares his concerns about the restricted media

    Mr. Hamid Mir, a very prominent anchor of Geo TV who was banned from appearing on any TV show after the emergency shares his feelings in this letter submitted after the press conference he had on the invitation of Pakistan Federal Union Journalists . Its a must read specially if you want to understand whats…

  • AAJ TV Blackballed again because of Live with Talat

    A day back around 11:30 at night on Feb 6th AAJ TV was suddenly taken off the air in the regions of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and according to AAJ it was blocked up to Chakwal 60 km away. Live with Talat was due to air a discussion with Nusrat Javeed while some sources say that…

  • Wiredpakistan.com blocked in Pakistan

    WiredPakistan.com a technology blog and the forum run by KO for the past year has in a very astonishing development come under the censorship umbrella as per the directive issued by Network Operations Center at the Pakistan Internet Exchange. A careful watch has been setup to monitor which ISP’s comply with this directive and as…

  • RSF Questions Cyber Crime Law in Pakistan

    Reporters Without Borders has written a strong letter to the Minister of Information and Technology questioning the Government of Pakistan on the Cyber Crime Ordinance which was promulgated into effect barely a two weeks ago. Reporters Without Borders fears that a new law on cyber crime, revealed on 7 January by the authorities, will pose…

  • Cyber Crime Ordinance Promulgated by the President

    UPDATE 2: we can now confirm that the Ordinance is in full effect, infact its been in full force since 31st of December, but it will come up on the National Assembly floor in four months or 120 days. UPDATE: Some helpful reporters of Dawn News are on the prowl to get full confirmation from…

  • Daughters of Asma Jehangir Assaulted

    A statement has just be issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission calling attention to the assault on the daughters of Asma Jehangir, the leading Human Rights Activist in Pakistan where she alleges that her daughters assaulted and illegally held for several hours along with their friends by armed persons of the Pakistan Muslim League…

  • … even the Young Pakistanis say it

    Cute and Funny but very true… Go Cards

  • Citizens Campaign to Reclaim Karachi

    Yet again Karachi is in the midst of terror and violence. As citizens and stakeholders we have decided to raise hell and make a nuisance of ourselves. What we are aiming to do is to express our outrage and let our leaders know that we have had enough. Join us is our struggle to reclaim…

  • Support Burma: International Bloggers’ Day

  • Free Burma

    The junta in Burma (aka Myanmar) may have blacked out public internet access in the country in an attempt to prevent information about the military’s violent crackdown on protesting monks from getting out, but the move is proving to be too little too late. Now Free-Burma.org has announced an International Bloggers’ Day for Burma on…

  • Statement by Article 19 on Burma

    For the past few days I have been out of contact since I am on a traveling spree going to Siem Ream, Cambodia and now taking some time off in Kuala Lampur for a few days before heading back to Karachi. The Siem Ream meeting was the 8th Informal Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Seminar on Human…

  • Understanding the E-Crime Bill

    A few days I had posted about the Draconian Cyber Crime Law in Pakistan where I attempted to discuss a small part of the bill trying to convey the gravity of the issue in that short write up, but I feel it probably did not do enough justice to the actual presentation made by Zahid…