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Criminalising Social And Digital Media

Criminalising Social And Digital Media
yesterday 2

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Trump 2.0 and Pakistan

thursday 40

The News International

Omar Quraishi

What A Trump Administration Could Mean For Pakistan

What A Trump Administration Could Mean For Pakistan
20.01.2025 20

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

An Open And Shut Case: Al Qadir Trust Verdict

17.01.2025 9

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

What’s The Rush To Privatise PIA?

What’s The Rush To Privatise PIA?
14.01.2025 30

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Protecting your own

09.01.2025 10

The News International

Omar Quraishi

Of Fake News Campaigns And Real Consequences For Pakistan's Foreign Ties

There seems to be quite a ruckus on social media, especially on X (Formerly Twitter), about this particular handshake between Punjab Chief Minister...

08.01.2025 10

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Social Media Smear Campaign Targets Maryam Nawaz, Strains Pakistan-UAE Relations

There seems to be quite a ruckus on social media, especially on X (Formerly Twitter), about this particular handshake between Punjab Chief Minister...

08.01.2025 10

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

What Is There To Look Forward In 2025

It can be said without an iota of doubt or uncertainty that the year gone by - 2024 - was perhaps the toughest for all Pakistanis - regardless of...

31.12.2024 3

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Patronage and power

In Pakistan, if you have ever experienced the inconvenience and general discomfort of dealing with government officials (as have I numerous times),...

26.12.2024 3

The News International

Omar Quraishi

Right To High-Speed Internet Is A Basic Human Right

PPP’s chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said it several times of late that he’s not at all in agreement with the curbs placed on the internet...

24.12.2024 4

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Nurpur And Karachi Food Diary

I am not really a regular on Facebook and while I have had an account on the social media platform for many years, I didn’t use it regularly. For...

20.12.2024 6

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

The Rank Hypocrisy Of PTI Supporters

I am not really a regular on Facebook and while I have had an account on the social media platform for many years, I didn’t use it regularly. For...

20.12.2024 4

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Why Thank You, Dear Finance Minister

Just the other day, I saw a report by Shahbaz Rana of Express Tribune (there are only three business/economy reporters/journalists in Pakistan who...

17.12.2024 7

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Life in a ‘posh’ area

In most ‘posh’ neighbourhoods in Pakistan – and in particular in Karachi – residents must often do things on their own and pay for them even...

13.12.2024 7

The News International

Omar Quraishi

The Trial Of General Faiz

It was public knowledge for some months now that the former Director-General of the ISI, Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed would be tried by the military...

12.12.2024 10

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

The Politics Of Body Counts

At the outset let it be said loud and clear that even the death of one protester in a rally or demonstration where protesters are standing up for...

08.12.2024 4

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Bringing The Digital Revolution To Pakistan

Over the past few months, the country has been in the grip of frequent internet breakdowns and bans, with the popular social media platform...

04.12.2024 5

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

The ‘revolution’ is over

28.11.2024 2

The News International

Omar Quraishi

A Short-Lived 'Revolution'

A video clip from the second day of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest with former prime minister Imran Khan's wife, Bushra Bibi, standing...

28.11.2024 3

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Bushra Bibi's Blunder?

If the intention of Bushra Bibi was to rally the troops, so to speak, to come out in full support of the November 24 protest call given by her...

22.11.2024 3

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Have VPN, Will Block

In the past 48 hours, the government of Pakistan has sharpened its attacks on the use of VPNs (virtual private networks) in the country by Internet...

16.11.2024 20

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Unable to breathe

15.11.2024 3

The News International

Omar Quraishi

What Trump’s Victory Could Mean For Pakistan

A lot has already been said about what Donald Trump's resounding victory means for America and the rest of the world – from a dramatic shift in...

12.11.2024 3

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Shenanigans In London

Thanks to the ever-increasing reach of social media in Pakistan, most of us have by now seen the utterly deplorable and ridiculous acts of...

01.11.2024 3

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

A most important election

The US presidential election takes place every four years –on the first Tuesday of November, whatever the day and date might be. The next one is...

31.10.2024 2

The News International

Omar Quraishi

Selecting The Chief Justice Of Pakistan

Much has already been said, and much is being said, about the merits and demerits of Justices Mansoor Ali Shah, Munib Akhtar and Yahya Afridi in...

23.10.2024 2

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

A New Beginning - Minus PTI

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are upset, and understandably so, at how some of their party's legislators on the National...

21.10.2024 2

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Boycotting Vote On 26th Amendment And PTI’s Growing Internal Crisis

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are upset, and understandably so, at how some of their party's legislators on the National...

21.10.2024 2

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Travelling to India

17.10.2024 2

The News International

Omar Quraishi

The IMF And The Big Squeeze

As part of its new $7 billion loan facility to Pakistan, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to rein in its fiscal deficit...

13.10.2024 3

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

The Supreme Court Corrects Itself

In May 2022, a five-member bench of the Supreme Court led by the then-Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial ruled that any vote cast by a legislator, that...

05.10.2024 3

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Blinded by devotion

04.10.2024 3

The News International

Omar Quraishi

What The New IMF Package Means For Pakistan?

The Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on September 25 approved a new bailout package worth $7 billion for Pakistan...

26.09.2024 3

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Mainstream Media And YouTubers

In this day and age, you can apparently become a bona fide journalist without ever having to even step inside a newsroom or have been a reporter -...

20.09.2024 3

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Where the customer doesn’t come first

Consumers in Pakistan have few rights, if any. And those codified in law are hardly implemented by service providers. Take the case of the telecom...

19.09.2024 7

The News International

Omar Quraishi

Jalsa Detracted

The much-awaited jalsa of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which had been in the works for weeks, and had been postponed at least once, came and...

10.09.2024 3

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

The Crushing Burden Of 'Bijli Kay Bills' In Pakistan

Without any doubt, the single biggest issue for most Pakistanis these days is the size of their monthly electricity bills. In recent months, they...

07.09.2024 2

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

The great firewall of Pakistan

05.09.2024 2

The News International

Omar Quraishi

We Don't Need Another Hero 

A couple of days ago, I saw a video clip tweeted by a YouTuber whose Twitter/X handles claimed that he was based in Washington, DC. The gentleman...

29.08.2024 2

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

The Sordid Karsaz Saga

As expected, the Karsaz tragedy has laid bare many dark sides of our society. Yes, Natasha Danish, the driver, is to blame – she drove extremely...

25.08.2024 2

The Friday Times

Omar Quraishi

Very high stakes

Politics is always a high-stakes game – especially in Pakistan. And there’s nothing more high stakes than a former ISI DG being hauled up in...

22.08.2024 2

The News International

Omar Quraishi

Revolution in Bangladesh

The protests in Bangladesh had been going on for some weeks, during which time the Sheikh Hasina government blocked the internet and tried to deal...

08.08.2024 2

The News International

Omar Quraishi

What Biden’s exit means for us

What does Biden dropping out of the US presidential election race mean for Pakistan? Before one begins to answer that question, one should perhaps...

26.07.2024 3

The News International

Omar Quraishi