20/6/2013: A recent report by Toronto-based independent research group, Citizen Lab, maintains that Netsweeper filtering products have been installed on Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)’s network. This is an extremely...
Posted by | June 8, 2013
June 8, 2013: Bolo Bhi congratulates Ms Anusha Rahman Khan on being appointed the Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom. Ms Rahman was a member of the National...
Posted by | June 7, 2013
June 7, 2013: As parliament takes shape and ministries are awarded, we urge the government to be cognizant of the need for a full-time, Federal Minister for Information and Technology...
Posted by | May 1, 2013
How do we address the problem of access denial in Pakistan? The dilemma authorities and now the court is faced with is this: on the one hand are sentiments that...
Posted by | April 10, 2013
Dear Dr Nishtar, Congratulations on becoming Pakistan’s caretaker minister for science and technology, IT, professional training and education. We welcome you to your new and exciting role. We understand you...
Posted by | March 28, 2013
Karachi 28/3/2013: Bolo Bhi is thrilled to announce that we have joined the Global Network Initiative (GNI), a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations (including human rights and press freedom...
Posted by | January 14, 2013
KARACHI: Bolo Bhi strongly protests yet another crackdown on cellular services across Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad as a security measure. In 2012, the authorities suspended cellular services on eight different occasions...
Posted by | December 19, 2012
Last month we wrote an Open Letter to the netizens of China requesting them to stand in solidarity with netizens in Pakistan. China's firewall -- extensive internet blocking system --...
Posted by | December 14, 2012
Request to abstain from signing at WCIT 12 To, The Ministry of Information & Technology, Government of Pakistan. December 14, 2012 Dear Sirs, In light of the recent events that...
Posted by | December 14, 2012
What is Freedom of Information? “19A. Right to information.‐‐‐Every citizen shall have the right to have access to information in all matters of public importance subject to regulation and reasonable...
