Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a controversial bill that will give the government sweeping controls on social media, including sending users to prison for spreading disinformation.

Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a bill with sweeping controls on social media that includes blocking platforms and sending users to prison for spreading disinformation

Pakistan's Senate has voted to criminalize "intentional" spreading of misinformation with jail terms of up to three years. Pakistan's media regulator blocked Wikipedia in 2023 over "blasphemous material,

A Trump ally has called on Pakistan to release the former prime minister from prison, inspiring fervent hope among his supporters.

The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), swiftly passed in Pakistan’s lower house of parliament following an opposition walkout, has sparked controversy. While the government claims the law aims to curb the spread of disinformation,

In a fluid, ever-evolving situation, it is difficult to predict or even visualise the exact shape of things to come. One hopes this fascinating and challenging scenario does not lead to a world where we smugly celebrate ‘access to free information’ and forget how algorithm-tainted it may well be.

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison, while his wife Bushra Bibi received a 7-year sentence, after being convicted in the Al-Qadir Trust case, also know

A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the government aimed at cooling political instability in the south Asian nation.

"The decision against Imran Khan was not made by any judicial judge ... Khan said in a statement posted by his team on social media this month that he was "indirectly approached" about the ...

Earlier, it was reported that Marwat was denied entry into Adiala Jail on Thursday to meet party Founder Imran Khan. The jail administration informed Marwat that Khan no longer recognised him as his legal representative.

"The accused Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi is hereby held guilty for ... A post on Khan's account on social media platform X, citing his message from jail, asked his supporters not to panic and called ...

Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on Tuesday, passing legislation that enshrines punishments of up to three years in prison, a decision journalists say is designed to crack down on dissent.