This report identifies significant problems with Pakistan’s E-Safety Bill and compares it with online safety legislation in other countries. On July 26, 2023, the federal cabinet provided approval in principle...
Posted by | November 29, 2020
On November 18, 2020, Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Protection, Oversight and Safeguards) Rules, 2020, as published in the Extraordinary Gazette, were uploaded to the Ministry of Information...
Posted by | November 21, 2017
Tuesday, 21st November 2017 - Bolo Bhi hosted a policy dialogue on Internet Policymaking in Pakistan at the Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS) in Islamabad. The event featured the...
Posted by | December 11, 2014
Over the last two-and-a-half, years we at Bolo Bhi have engaged with government and non-government stakeholders on the issue of censorship in Pakistan, to find a way to minimize and...
Posted by | October 20, 2014
The Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology Model United Nations Society (ZABMUN) was initiated in 2007 and hosted its first national conference in 2008 with 450 delegates....
Posted by | February 17, 2014
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...
Posted by | March 6, 2012
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/03/technology/pakistan-builds-web-wall-out-in-the-open.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/03/02/pakistans-open-war-on-the-internet/ TIMES: http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,2108224,00.html Global Voices: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/02/28/pakistan-fighting-the-great-firewall/ The News Tribe: http://www.thenewstribe.com/2012/09/21/suspension-of-cellular-services-seems-useless/ Firewall Looming: http://speakforchange.org/firewall-looming-in-pakistan/ Business Recorder: http://www.brecorder.com/br-research/44:44/2346:building-the-countrys-great-firewall/?date=2012-03-06 The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/20/pakistan-blocks-twitter-blasphemy-fears Hardnews: http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2012/05/5201 The Express Tribune: http://tribune.com.pk/story/421505/pta-called-out-for-protecting-those-in-corridors-of-power/ Global Voices: http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/13/human-rights-experts-pakistan-could-become-a-police-state-under-protection-ordinance/ Dawn: http://www.dawn.com/news/1108341/analysis-censoring-tweets-in-pakistan The Express...
Posted by | February 27, 2012
This article was originally published on the Newsline blog on January 6, 2011 Youth participants pose with their mentors at the December 2010 launch of Through the Gender Lens, a...
Posted by | February 27, 2012
This article was originally published in Newsline's March 2011 issue Mai Jori’s name was first heard in March 2010 when, after the assassination of Sardar Rustum Khan Jamali, by-elections for...
