IHC petitioned to declare Section 37(1) of PECA 2016 unconstitutional, social media rules ultra vires
Islamabad, 17 December 2020: A petition filed in Islamabad High Court has asked the court to declare that "Section 37(1)...
Islamabad, 17 December 2020: A petition filed in Islamabad High Court has asked the court to declare that "Section 37(1)...
Islamabad, 17 December 2020: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court to...
Karachi, Pakistan: 021Disrupt, Pakistan’s premier technology and entrepreneurship conference by The Nest I/O, kicks off today. Running in its 4th...
Islamabad, 1st December 2020: A 'corrected version' of Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards), Rules...
Islamabad, 20 November 2020: The data localisation requirements in the recently notified Removal and Blocking of Online Content Rules, 2020...
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