Tag: hate speech
Safdar granted bail in hate speech case
LAHORE: A local court on Wednesday granted bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Captain (r) Muhammad Safdar against a surety bond worth Rs0.2...
FIA arrests two Labbaik activists for propaganda against LHC on social...
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday arrested two activists of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) for propaganda against the Lahore High Court (LHC) on...
Four held for hate speech against PM Imran Khan
--Suspects apprehended at a mosque for spreading "sectarianism and bigotry" against govt
--Two suspects uploaded videos of alleged hate speech on Facebook
MULTAN: Four suspects have been booked and...
Govt to crackdown on social media, says won’t tolerate ‘hate speech’
--Information Minister Fawad says it's 'essential' for govt to regulate digital media given its far-reaching consequences
--Says govt will act indiscriminately against individuals who propagate...
Social media companies cooperated with Pakistan: Fawad
The federal government wants to prevent "hate speech and not to curb free speech", Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Friday night, adding that "social...
Auqaf dept to provide official Friday sermons to curb sectarianism, hate...
LAHORE: To curb sectarianism, hate speech and form an atmosphere of brotherhood in the province, Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department has decided to...
Facebook to work with Pakistani govt to stop hate speech
Social media giant Facebook has expressed its desire to work with the government of Pakistan in a bid to counter hateful and extremist views.
Facebook...
MQM-P leaders including Farooq Sattar appear before ATC in hate speech...
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) former leader Farooq Sattar along with Khawaja Izharul Hassan, Qamar Mansoor and others appeared before the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)...
PTM-linked MNAs protest against Punjab govt’s racist ad
--Govt leaders apologise to Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, say controversial ad has been taken off air
ISLAMABAD: Member National Assembly (MNA) and Pashtun Tahaffuz...
Facebook says it was ‘too slow’ to fight hate speech in...
YANGON: Facebook has been “too slow” to address hate speech in Myanmar and is acting to remedy the problem by hiring more Burmese speakers...
Youth track down trends of electoral hate speech in country
LAHORE: Even though there are 32 million active monthly Facebook users against only 3.5 million Twitters users in Pakistan, hate speech and political campaigning has...
Politico-religious hate speech steers social media ahead of polls
--Digital activity of several fronts manipulate narratives by igniting political and religious violence against rivals
--Human-bots are also being used to sexually harass female journalists,...
NACTA develops smartphone app to counter hate speech: report
KARACHI: National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has developed a smartphone app ‘Chaukas’ under its Tat’heer programme, aimed at countering online hate speech in Pakistan, according...
IHC bars Aamir Liaqat from making TV appearances over hate speech...
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday barred TV host Aamir Liaquat Hussain from making any television appearances till further notice.
The restriction on Aamir...
ATC issues arrest warrant for MQM founder over controversial speech case
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday issued an arrest warrant of founder Muttahida Qaumi Movement in cases pertaining to the controversial speech delivered by him on July...
Teacher in US suspended for ripping off student’s hijab
TENNESSEE: A teacher in the US state of Tennessee has been suspended after a video surfaced showing her ripping hijab off a student in...
British-Pakistani politician accuses British media of Islamophobia
A former British-Pakistani minister has said that hate speech and Islamophobia have become a “plague” in British newspapers and asked for a parliamentary investigation...
