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 | December 5, 2014
During the 16th session of the National Assembly of Pakistan on December 4, 2014, MNA Shazia Marri received a written response from the Cabinet Division to her question on the...
Posted by | December 2, 2014
Hey there! So you think you're awesome, the internet generation. You've got your torrents figured out, know all the shortcuts to hide facebook at the sight of your boss &...
Posted by | October 31, 2014
In January 2014, we interviewed various technology and industry experts in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. The next few months we spent compiling and updating our paper. We are sharing now...
Posted by | October 29, 2014
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...
Posted by | October 24, 2014
On October 23, 2014, Shehri, a civil society organization, held an inaugural workshop of the Coalition for Transparency and Access to Information (C-TAI) to discuss Freedom of Information laws and the...
Posted by | September 22, 2014
Bolo Bhi's YouTube Ban 2012 – 2015 Timeline Bolo Bhi's Lahore High Court YouTube Case Updates Timeline Bolo Bhi's Peshawar High Court YouTube Case Timeline Bolo Bhi's Sindh High Court...
Posted by | September 19, 2014
This week, September 17, 2014, marked the two-year anniversary of YouTube in Pakistan. Banned in 2012, despite extensive court hearings and parliamentary resolutions in favour of lifting the ban, there...
Posted by | August 29, 2014
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...
Posted by | August 29, 2014
16th May 2013 YouTube Ban Challenged in the Peshawar High Court A Senior Attorney of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has challenged in Peshawar High Court the ban placed...
