ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has rejected the baseless allegation against him being circulated by a section of the social media. According to Finance Minister’s spokesman, Ishaq Dar has never given any assurance to the JIT during his appearance that he will furnish documentary evidence againstRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has met with Facebook’s Vice President of Global Public Policy, Joel Kaplan, and discussed “various steps and actions being taken to remove blasphemous content that is illegal in Pakistan,” a statement released by the Interior Ministry said Friday. In what couldRead More →
FAIALABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, (UAF) has expelled three students for criticising the varsity’s administration on social media. The university said in a statement that it had expelled Mohammad Asfandyar Jawaid, Zubair Iqbal, Ghulam Jillani after it was found that they were posting material againstRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA REPORT ) Maryam Nawaz, daughter of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, appears to have become careful in tweeting following her squabble with some Pulitzer prize-winning journalists over Panama Papers and direct criticism on opposition. She not only has cut short her ‘impulsive’ reaction to different issues on socialRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan directed Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to formulate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for putting in place a framework for social media. Chairing a high level meeting at Interior Ministry, he directed that initial draft of the SOPs should beRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Social networking websites can be more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol and can have an overall negative effect on young people’s mental health, says a new report. The study conducted by Royal Society for Public Health in the UK surveyed almost 1,500 young people agedRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb urged social media users to refrain from negative propaganda against constitutional institutions of the state, warning those not following the advice of severe action under the Cyber Crimes Law. In a statement issued onRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) told a Senate committee on Wednesday that it lacked the human and financial resources to monitor and control objectionable content online. Instead, PTA Chairman Dr Ismail Shah stressed the need for developing better relations with social media platforms such asRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notification banning the use of social media and video streaming sites at its national secretariat in Islamabad and provincial offices across the country, it emerged Tuesday. A letter sent to the provincial election commissioners of Sindh,Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Interior Secretary Arif Khan argued in the Islamabad High Court on Monday that shutting down social media such as Facebook is not the solution to blasphemy. During hearing of a case regarding blasphemous content on social media, the Interior Secretary said that as much asRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) A forum of ambassadors from Muslim countries on Friday unanimously decided to protect the sanctity and dignity of Islam and the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and said the entire Muslim ummah is united for the same. The meeting, announced earlier in the week by Interior MinisterRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday arrested three individuals in connection with a case pertaining to the publishing of blasphemous content on social media being heard by the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The three were presented before an anti-terrorism court and handed over toRead More →