Category Archives: Opinion

Bangladesh New ICT Law Curtails Free Speech Online

Saleem Samad A secular and democratic Bangladesh has promulgated a new draconian law Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (Amendment) Ordinance-2013 which empowers law enforcers to…

The Question Of Intentions

When it came to media, it seems that former ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, lacked prudence and invested in quick fixes — a seemingly inoperable Right…

Am I a traitor?

There are two types of traitors. The first type joins hands with foreign enemies and helps enslave his own people. Among the most prominent names…

Reporting From Hell

Media in Pakistan entered 2014 under the old threat to journalists’ lives. Caught in bloody crossfire between blind state power and extremist terror, journalism has…

Missing Link Between Ethics & Safety

The buzz about journalists’ safety is louder now than ever before as serious threats continue to originate and impact from all sides in Pakistan with…

Killing The News To Stay Alive

It is not easy to be a journalist in Pakistan’s volatile southwestern province Baluchistan.   More than two dozen journalists have either been killed in…

We Are Killing Journalists

Investigative journalist Ali K. Chishti had a nightmare in Karachi on evening of August 30, 2013. He had been traumatized after being roughed up for…

Internet Surveillance In Pakistan

Tanvir Siddiqui (Not real name) calls himself a hacktavist (Hacking activist). He is the kind of geeky young man from Karachi who hacks into computer…