Leaked docs: Chinese network-monitoring provider Geedge Networks has sold Great Firewall-style censorship systems to at least four countries, including Pakistan
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Amnesty: Pakistan is spying on millions via phone tapping and a Chinese-built internet firewall, in one of the broadest surveillance programs outside China
Pakistan is spying on millions of its citizens using a phone-tapping system and a Chinese-built internet firewall that censors social media …
Careem, Uber's ride-hailing MENA arm, will suspend its decade-old Pakistan service on July 18, citing economic challenges, competition, and capital constraints
It is with a heavy heart that I share this update: Careem will suspend its ride-hailing service in Pakistan on July 18. …
A profile of Zach Witkoff, World Liberty Financial co-founder and son of Trump's Middle East envoy, who is pursuing crypto deals with countries like Pakistan
Wall Street Journal : Bluesky: @charlesornstein . X: @chellaney and @husainhaqqani Bluesky: Charles Ornstein / @charlesornstein : “The extraordinary blurring of government negotiations and private bu...
Pakistan's parliament passes a controversial bill giving the government sweeping controls on social media, including prison terms for spreading “disinformation”
Remember, he is NOT a diplomat. X: Usama Khilji / @usamakhilji : Writing to PM @CMShehbaz, @MoitOfficial minister, @PTAofficialpk chair, & IT Parliamentary committee chairs, @theGNI expresses deep con...
Startups say Pakistan's new China-like firewall is making it harder for them to raise funds, amid complaints about censorship and internet speeds falling by 40%
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid / Rest of World :
WISPAP says Pakistan's internet speeds have dropped 30%-40% over the past few weeks; many in tech believe the government is testing an internet firewall
Zofeen T Ebrahim / The Guardian :
Pakistan suspended mobile services across the country as voters went to the polls on February 8; the Interior Ministry cited a deteriorating security situation
Outages in name of security fuel suspicion over polls' legitimacy — Poll workers walk past police officers outside a voting station in Peshawar on Feb. 8.
NetBlocks: Pakistan's internet and social media disruption after former PM Imran Khan's arrest was possibly the country's most severe censorship in recent times
The battle between Imran Khan's supporters and the powerful Pakistani military has this week been raging on two fronts - on the streets and on social media.
Pakistan unblocks Wikipedia after three days; Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif: unintended consequences of the ban over objectionable content outweigh the benefits
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