Media, rights watchdogs hit out at government on new social media rules
The coalition of social media tech giants and legal experts have alarmed that the new regulation will curb political dissent,
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‘People’s economic rights must not be sacrificed at the altar of national security’
The audience at the first Asma Jehangir memorial lecture organised by the HRCP at Islamabad Hotel on Tuesday. Credit: Asif
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The graveyard talks back –I
Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, and her party supporters attend a protest march against the National Register
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‘Pemra can’t regulate web TV & OTT’
High Asia Herald Report Islamabad: A Senate panel on Monday observed that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)
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WDF opposes capital punishment for sexual abuse
High Asia Herald Report Islamabad: Civil society and women rights activists have condemned a resolution passed by the lower
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In conversation with Chomsky: American culture and politics-I
Herald Report The US invasion of Iraq was aimed at setting up permanent military bases there and to benefit
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Panelists for protection of fundamental rights, parliament’s supremacy
Speakers at HRCP seminar decry regression of democratic values, violations of fundamental rights, propose a broad-based coalition based on minimum people’s agenda
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Academics, activists debunk Musharraf as ‘liberal’ dictator
Herald Report As celebrities and TV anchors took to remembering General Pervez Musharraf as a military dictator whose progressive policies
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Tajik MPs approve bill legalizing stateless residents
Parliamentarians green-light bill that will legalise 20,000 stateless residents from former Soviet republics DUSHANBE: Tajik lawmakers have approved a
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‘Azadi March’: a catalyst for democratic change or contradictory processes?
The Maulana has dared to challenge an authoritarian system, but the fate of democracy will remain in doldrums until
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