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The politics of treason
As published at Dawn.com 18/8/2011 Envisioning a future dystopia, in his book “1984”, George Orwell wrote about living in a security state carefully engineered by crude and repressive forms of...
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Pakistan: Muslim scholars fight to dispel polio vaccination myths
As published in the Guardian on Friday, November 4th’2011 Militancy in Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas (Fata) has triggered a different kind of ordeal; the resurgence of polio or...
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Brasscresent best regional blog 2011: Thank you for the award & support
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Dr.Baqir Shah: The rewards of honesty
You would have to be exceptionally callous to be able to forget the image of a woman being shot in broad daylight; unarmed and seven month’s pregnant. She was amongst the five foreigners, who were...
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The silent majority
Image via Wikipedia It was on this day last year, when a 26-year-old Mumtaz Qadri killed the very man he was meant to protect. Twenty seven bullets to silence Salman Taseer and to make sure that the...
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Press Kit: National URL Filtering and Blocking System
This is cross posted from Bolo Bhi. We, at Bolo Bhi, have been actively involved in campaigning against Government’s attempt to blanket censor the internet. Below is a press kit designed to help...
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Justice after Fakhra?
In April of 2000, 20-year-old Fakhra Younus poured acid all over her face, burning her skin, melting the flesh and bone underneath and mutilating her face and her body. It seeped into her clothes...
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Unpacking an Anti-Censorship Campaign
Post written for and appeared in global voices advocacy When the ICT R&D fund in Pakistan announced a call for proposals earlier this year for a “National URL Filtering and Blocking System”...
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Pakistan Elections: The Missing Voters
Originally published by Index On Censorship Pakistan’s historic election is history. Historic because it is the first time a government has completed its term without being ruthlessly axed, toppled by...
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YouTube ban: Running out of excuses
Dawn File Photo The post originally appeared on the Dawn Blog One fine evening in September 2012, a law abiding, zealous and concerned countryman made a phone call to the Prime Minister’s office “Raja...
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Misogyny in the name of religion
What the likes of Sherani completely overlook is that this isn’t just about an anarchic women rights agenda but it is about men too. —INP/File Not very long ago, singer-turned-cleric, Junaid Jamshed...
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