ISLAMABAD – The federal government has framed new rules to regulate social media in the country in order to mitigate its misuse in national interest. The government has made it clear that new rules have nothing to do with placing any curb on social media . Yesterday talking to the media persons outside the Parliament, […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has rejected new sets of rules approved by the federal government to regulate social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and even TikTok and termed it as an attempt to control freedom of speech and expression, guaranteed under Article 19 of the Constitution. In a joint statement issued […]

ISLAMABAD: As criticism continues to pour down on the government for approving a set of rules to regulate social media in the country, ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) officials defended the move, saying it’s meant to protect citizens from harmful content. “There was no mechanism in place to protect our citizens’ interests [… and] our national […]

KARACHI: Several journalists’ organisations have strongly condemned the threatening phone calls made to senior sports Jang/Geo News reporter Abdul Majid Bhatti and Shoaib Jutt, a reporter of a local TV channel, terming it an attack on the freedom of expression. Abdul Majid Bhatti and Shoaib Jutt received two threatening phone calls, warning them of grave […]

ISLAMABAD – FIA has summoned social media activist Gul Bukhari for her alleged defamatory remarks against national security institutions, judiciary and PTI government—a move that has triggered a social media storm. FIA in a statement issued on Tuesday said that its CTW has summoned Ms Bukhari who is recently based in UK asking her to clear her position within 30 […]

PARIS: Reporters Sans Borders (RSF) calls on the Dutch authorities to protect a Pakistani blogger who was attacked and threatened outside the Rotterdam home where he lives with his family in self-imposed exile, says a press release issued here. The attack on the blogger, Ahmad Waqass Goraya, was carried out by two men on February […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed its concern and dismay over the Punjab police incompetence to hold an inquiry into the burglary incident that occurred at the residence of veteran journalist Imtiaz Alam and demanded of the government to hold a judicial inquiry to probe the incident. According to a press release […]