May 24, 2014

Censoring tweets in Pakistan

“Twitter Institutes Country Withheld Content Tool in Pakistan for the First Time,” read the headline of a post published on the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse website on May 18, 2014. In

Twitter blocks objectionable tweets at PTA request

NEW YORK: Twitter, the microblogging website, has blocked so-called “blasphemous” tweets five times at the request of Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) , the New York Times reported on Friday. All

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PHC bar association bans ARY channel

PESHAWAR: Condemning the propaganda by the ARY TV against the judiciary, the Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) has banned the channel at the bar room. Talking to reporters on

Lahore Preprotestss Club Protest

Rallies staged against ARY, Samaa channels

LAHORE: After Friday prayers in Gaggo Mandi, rallies were staged against ARY and Samaa TV channels on repeatedly showing controversial programme. Qari Shafiq Chishti of Noori Masjid, Ahle-Sunaat Wal Jamaat’s

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Geo owner booked under Anti-Terrorism Act

RAWALPINDI: Following an order by an additional district and sessions judge, police on Friday registered a case – under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the controversial blasphemy laws – against the

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