Category: Technology

  • Ansar Abbasi and Jang Group help Apprehend Person spreading Blasphemous Content

    In a recent news report in The News it has been reported that Ansar Abassi and the Jang Group helped apprehend a person spreading Blasphemy on the Internet. Allegedly a certain Dr. Omar Zia using a yahoo account emailed Ansar Abassi with Blasphemous material on June 29th, following it up again on the 30th of…

  • Cyber Crime Bill to be used against Anti-Govt emails & SMS

    Minister of Interior Rehman Malik has taken action to prevent people from spreading malicious and concocted stories against the civilian leadership of the country through emails and text messages. He warned that offenders will be apprehended within 48 hours and be punishable upto 14 years in Jail. It was surprising to note that the Government…

  • PEMRA Blocks Dawn TV’s show We Are Soldiers

    Late Friday night I received a couple of SMS’s alerting me that PEMRA had suddenly pulled and banned a much popular military show called ‘We Are Soldiers’ off-air. This news came a day before the episode on Special Services Group and Marines was to be aired on Saturday at 7:05 pm, but according to a…

  • #PakCricket Appears on Twitter Trending

    The #PakCricket twitter rally started late Saturday night an attempt to rally behind the Pakistan Cricket Team when it was due to face the Sri Lankan Cricket team on Sunday in the Twenty20 cricket World Cup at Lords in London. Simply having the team featuring in the Twenty20 Final was a godsend morale boost for…

  • TEDIndia invites TED Fellows applications from Pakistan

    For those who have been dotting the internet arena for sometime must have bumped across one or more inspirational presentations on TED.com. Only recently Faisal Chohan had been selected as TED Fellow 2009 and it is through his efforts that we extend an open invitation to Pakistanis. The selection to this TED Fellows group is…

  • Huffington Post: Pakistani Bloggers Unite for IDP’s

    Mona Sarika writes in Huffington Post on how the Pakistani bloggers have united to help the IDP’s in Pakistan. The Pakistani blogging community has joined hands and is calling for action to inform and generate funds for the Internally Displaced People (IDP) of Pakistan. They are using their blogs to spread awareness about the plight…

  • NADRA charging Rs 50 for ID Card Verification from IDP’s in Swat

    Translated by Noman Qadir courtesy of the Video posted on PakistanIDP NADRA is charging Rs.50 for folks who lost/misplaced or had their cards destroyed in the process of fleeing their homes. The provincial government, district government, civil society and individual citizens are doing all they can to feed, house and clothe these IDPs. The federal…

  • Secure Mobile Voice calling for Cell Phone users in Pakistan?

    This query is being forwarded to our local security expert based out of Lahore Mr. Fouad Bajwa who maintains AskBajwa.com [I await his response] Considering the level of espionage that is undertaken by our authorities at times I believe Pakistani businessmen and citizens stand at a major disadvantage since our own government is resolutely committed…

  • National Bloggers Conference Update

    Today marked a historic event in the Pakistani Blogosphere, where the Sindh Ministry of IT sponsored a full fledged conference on blogging. The event was hosted at a local hotel in Karachi and was attended by a large audience and had some excellent presentations by a few well known bloggers in Pakistan. The Chief Guest…

  • National Bloggers Conference

    The First National Bloggers Conference is slated to begin at 5:00pm at Regent Plaza Karachi. The event will be covered live here using the Coveritlive application as we have a plenty of good speakers with an exclusive list of guest who will be in attendance. It must be appreciated and mentioned that this event is…

  • DigiActive Guide to Twitter Activism

    DigiActive, a community of people who care passionately about digital activism, and are actively creating a world of activists empowered by digital technology, has recently published an E-Book on Twitter Activism, which explains in simple layman terms on what twitter actually is while shedding light on how it can be used for activism. We here…

  • Nestle Nesvita – Women of Strength 2009

    For the past few days womens issues have been shoved into the spot light, it initiated a huge debate sparked by the flogging video which aired across the nation and consequentially many issues arise as to how Islam treats Muslim women. With all the hype surrounding the womens issue I was intrigued by the advertising…

  • The Twitter Revolution for Activism

    The twitter revolution is being seen as a tool to help gear up for country changing activism – recently Foreign Policy magazine published an article on how twitter is helping young Moldavian fight for their rights, Foreign Policy: Ever since yesterday’s announcement that Moldova’s communists have won enough votes to form a government in Sunday’s…

  • Em[POWER] Project: Karachi – Needs your Vote to win $50,000

    They have recently entered the Dell Social Innovation Competition to hopefully win the Grand prize of $50,000 for Project Karachi. These funds would greatly help with start-up costs for materials and such to help them succeed to bring this bounty for Karachi They need your VOTE Here are the steps that will help them win!…

  • An evening on Media and Activism – Goethe Institute, Karachi | 7th April

    AN EVENING ON MEDIA AND ACTIVISM DATE: 07 April 2009, TIME: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm LOCATION: Goethe Institute, Karachi Do media and activism always go together. How does an activist media fill the gaps. How do the new technologies fit in this picture. What does this increased access to information mean for our complex…