Pakistan’s Internet BANwagon: A Documentary by Bolo Bhi

Posted by Farieha Aziz | February 17, 2014 | Publications

Over the last year, Bolo Bhi has spoken to multiple people – entrepreneurs, startups, industry professionals, legal and technical experts, and policymakers – on the issue of Internet censorship and policymaking in the ICT sector. Find here what they have to say.

Watch Pakistan’s Internet BANwagon a documentary by Bolo Bhi, featuring policymakers and industry professionals.

View full interviews below:

Sidra Qasim & Waqas Ali – Co-founders HomeTown

Mobeen Ansari – Photojournalist

Babar Sattar – Lawyer

Wahaj us Siraj – Convenor ISPAK

Khurram Zafar – Adjunct Faculty ITU

Salman Ansari – IT & Telecom expert

Jehan Ara – President P@SHA 

Mushahid Hussain – Senator (PML-Q)

Dr Farooq Sattar- MNA (MQM)

Bushra Gohar- former MNA (ANP)

 Shireen Mazari – MNA (PTI)

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About The Author

Farieha Aziz

Farieha Aziz is a Karachi-based, APNS-awardwinning journalist. She is a co-founder and Director at Bolo Bhi. She has a masters in English literature. She worked with Newsline from July 2007-January 2012 and taught literature to grades 9-12. She served as an amicus curiae in a case filed in the Lahore High Court in 2013, challenging the ban on YouTube, and is currently a petitioner on behalf of Bolo Bhi in a case filed in the Islamabad High Court challenging government's censorship on the Internet and the powers of the regulator. She can be found on Twitter: @FariehaAziz and reached via email: farieha@bolobhi.org

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