Posted by | February 4, 2015
Pakistan’s Cybercrime Bill 2015: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Breath

UPDATE: Bill has not been approved. Chairman NA Standing Committee on IT has formed a 4-member committee of MNAs to review and amend it within 14 days and finalize. Today,...

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Posted by | January 21, 2015
Hearing 2: Bolo Bhi’s Petition Challenging IMCEW

The second hearing of Bolo Bhi’s case challenging the legality of the IMCEW was held before the Islamabad High Court on Thursday, January 15, 2015. Counsel for the Ministry of...

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Posted by | December 29, 2014
Petition Annexure

BEFORE THE ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, ISLAMABAD W.P. NO. 4994/2014  WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 199 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN, 1973 READ ALONG WITH ALL OTHER ENABLING PROVISIONS...

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Posted by | December 29, 2014
Some Disclosure At Last

On December 12, 2014, Bolo Bhi filed a petition challenging the legality of the IMCEW. On December 15, our petition came up for a preliminary hearing before Justice Athar Minallah...

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Posted by | December 18, 2014
Hearing 1: Bolo Bhi’s Petition Challenging IMCEW

On December 12, 2014, Bolo Bhi filed a writ petition in the Islamabad High Court, challenging the legality of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Evaluation of Websites (IMCEW).  [More details...

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Posted by | December 16, 2014
The IMCEW and PTA Challenge

The IMCEW and PTA Challenge     Media coverage of Bolo Bhi's petition challenging the IMCEW: https://bolobhi.org/resources/timelines/tracking-bolo-bhis-imcew-petition/

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Posted by | December 15, 2014
In Media: Tracking Bolo Bhi’s IMCEW Petition

In Media: Tracking Bolo Bhi's IMCEW Petition 12th December 2014 - Bolo Bhi files a petition challenging the legality of the IMCEW 14th December 2014 - Dawn News covers Bolo...

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Posted by | December 14, 2014
Bolo Bhi Files Petition Challenging Legality of IMCEW

Bolo Bhi Files Petition Challenging Legality of IMCEW December 14, 2014: Bolo Bhi has filed a writ petition in the Islamabad High Court challenging the legality of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for...

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Posted by | October 29, 2014
The Pakistan Penal Code and Online Content

In April 2014, Facebook released its second transparency report. This showed that they had complied with a Pakistan government request for restriction of content on the basis of 'criticism of...

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Posted by | August 29, 2014
Sindh High Court Website Censorship Timeline

    12th March 2014 Petition Filed in the Sindh High Court to Lift Arbitrary Bans on Websites A group of concerned students and citizens filed a petition in the...

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