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Posted by | November 5, 2013
Typed-out and that’s all

Published in The News on Sunday on October 13th - Special Report Ask the people on the streets about the proposed VoIP ban, and the response is rather mixed By...

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Posted by | November 5, 2013
Surveillance, elsewhere

Republished from The News On Sunday – As Published on th 13th Oct’2013  The world over, there has been a breach of trust between the public and government on issue...

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Posted by | November 5, 2013
A block and ban story

Republished from The News On Sunday - As Published on th 13th Oct'2013  One view is that blocking communication channels would do nothing more than what ban on pillion-riding has...

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Posted by | November 5, 2013
Editorial: The News On Sunday Special Report On Internet Censorship

Republished from The News On Sunday - As Published on th 13th Oct'2013      Editorial The Sindh government recently announced to place a ban on instant messaging and Voice-over-Internet...

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Posted by | November 5, 2013
“This reflects a deeply flawed counter-terrorism policy”

Published in The News on Sunday on October 13th - Special Report Sana Saleem, an award-winning blogger, is an activist working on minority rights and internet freedom, and co-founder of Pakistani Internet...

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Posted by | October 4, 2013
Letter to the German Embassy

                                                                                                                                                                       Petra Speyrer                Consular and Legal Section German Embassy Islamabad Ramna 5, Diplomatic Enclave, Islamabad, PAKISTAN P.O. Box 1027, Islamabad, PAKISTAN Tel:  (0092-51) 227...

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Posted by | October 3, 2013
Overheard in Sindh Government meeting: “We failed again? Let’s ban something!

A popular trend in Provincial policy, banning mediums of exchange communication, has been seen and noted. It is being used to combat the ever increasing security threat in the nation....

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Posted by | October 3, 2013
State Must Stop Restricting Citizen’s Rights To Communicate

Violations of Fundamental Rights: State Must Stop Restricting Citizen’s Rights To Communicate October 3’ 2013:   According to media reports the Sindh Government has decided to impose a ban on instant...

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Posted by | October 3, 2013
A CEO’s Message to the Minister

  Ms. Anusha Rahman Minister of State For Information Technology & Telecom Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, 4th Floor, Evacuee Trust Complex, Aga Khan Road,F-5/1, Islamabad, Pakistan. Phone #:...

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Posted by | October 2, 2013
From a Mother to the Minister

  Ms. Anusha Rahman Minister of State For Information Technology & Telecom Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, 4th Floor, Evacuee Trust Complex, Aga Khan Road,F-5/1, Islamabad, Pakistan. Phone #:...

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