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Pakistan using transnational repression to target diaspora, says rights ad
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mehlaqa Samdani, executive director of the Community Alliance for Peace and Justice, highlighted Pakistan's use of transnational repression to intimidate critics abroad, citing threats against her and other Pakistani-Americans, and urged the US to act to protect diaspora communities and demo
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Cybercrime conviction rate in Pakistan stands below 5 per cent over five y
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan's cybercrime conviction rate has remained alarmingly low, at just 3.16 per cent over the past five years, with only 222 convictions out of over 7,000 arrests. Despite over 639,000 complaints filed with the FIA's cybercrime cell since 2020, challenges such as limited capacity, public
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Protest in PoGB against misuse of anti-terrorism and cybercrime laws; call
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), the Awami Action Committee held a protest rally on Monday against the misuse of anti-terrorism and cybercrime laws. They argued that these laws are being used by the government to suppress dissent and silence voices opposing injustices in the reg
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