YouTube has been blocked in Pakistan since September 2012 for hosting the “blasphemous” Innocence of Muslims film. But now the country’s parliament has been asked to define what actually constitutes blasphemy. Sana Saleem has some suggestions
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Facebook allegedly has “secret censorship deal” with Pakistan
A Pakistani human rights organisation has called for an investigation into allegations that Facebook has a special “arrangement” with Pakistan, allowing the country’s government to interfere in content removal. Sara Yasin reports
Editor receives death threat over cartoon
Najam Sethi, chief editor of Pakistan's Daily Times, received death threats from militant group the Islamic Taliban Movement for publishing a...
Life on the frontline
Reporting from Pakistan’s tribal areas is getting more and more hazardous, says Haq Nawaz Khan Free, fair and fearless reporting for Pakistani...
Geo back on air
Pakistan’s popular television news channel, Geo, resumed broadcasting on 21 January, after two months off air. Independent news networks had been...
Pakistan: media must stand together
President Musharraf's crackdown has taken its toll on Pakistan's already beleaguered media, writes Zubeida Mustafa On Tuesday 6 November, over 350...