ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday warned the administration of social networking sites to take off blasphemous content, or their access will permanently be blocked in Pakistan. The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday had ordered the government to block access to the blasphemous content on the social media. On Thursday, the […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, expressed serious concern over the brutal murder of a journalist Cecilio Pineda Birto on March 2 in Altamirano city, Guerrero state. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali urged the government of Mexico, to thoroughly investigate and bring to justice, the perpetrators […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday said it seemed that social media was working under freedom to lie rather than freedom of expression. He said that a comprehensive strategy should be prepared within three days to curb character assassination through social media. The minister directed the Ministry of Interior officials to […]
WASHINGTON: The Big Brother is watching everyone. In an explosive revelation, WikiLeaks on Tuesday released thousands of documents containing information about the hacking softwares of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used to obtain information from iphones, androids phone and Smart TVs. WikiLeaks termed the release the largest-ever publication of confidential documents on the CIA and described […]
ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday urged religious scholars to jointly deal with the issue of blasphemous content on social media. The court observed that the bureaucracy had apparently failed to tackle such a sensitive issue which sometimes resulted in the murder of alleged blasphemers. The judge, who […]
ISLAMABAD: Hearing a contempt petition against non-implementation of court orders regarding blockage of blasphemous content on the social media, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday directed Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to appear before the court in person on Wednesday (today). The bench in its order noted: […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court allowed anchorperson Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain on Monday to continue with his controversial show Aisay Nahi Chalay Ga, but with certain restrictions. The host will not conduct, distribute or broadcast any programme in private channel Bol News that amounts to hatred or disturbance of public peace. Not only the anchorperson would […]
