“Pakistani women journalists last month publicly warned of what they described as a "coordinated campaign" of social media attacks against those who have been critical of Government policies” - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/…
“We have raised our concerns directly with the Government and we have urged immediate, concrete steps to ensure the protection of journalists and human rights defenders who have been subjected to threats.” - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights #AttacksWontSilenceUs
"We call on the leadership to unequivocally condemn incitement to violence against religious minorities ... We call on them to encourage respect for diversity of opinion." UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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پنجاب حکومت آج پنجاب عوامی آگاہی اور معلومات کے فروغ کا 2025 کا ایکٹ پیش کرنے اور منظور کروانے جا رہی ہے۔
اس ایکٹ کا بنیادی مقصد صحافیوں اور شہریوں کو یہ سوال کرنے سے روکنا ہے جس سے یہ معلوم ہو سکے کہ کس طرح حکومت عوامی فنڈز کو اپنی تشہیر کے لیے استعمال کر رہی ہے۔
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منظور ہونے کے بعد اس ایکٹ کا اطلاق رواں سال کے بجائے گذشتہ سال جنوری 2024 سے ہوگا، یعنی الیکشن سے قبل موجود نگراں حکومت کے دور سے۔
اس کے تحت پنجاب حکومت "عوامی آگاہی مہمات" چلا سکے گی جس کے لیے وہ کسی بھی تشہیری کمپنی کو استعمال کر سکتی ہے اور کسی بھی پلیٹ فارم پر چلا سکتی ہے جیسے بل بورڈز، ٹی وی، پرنٹ، ریڈیو، ڈیجیٹل اور سنیما۔
Here are just a few examples of senior government officials spreading misinformation—yet, these are the same people who will be 'regulating fake news'.
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Fact-check: Mohsin Naqvi's claim of 30% crime reduction in Punjab found to be false.
A short thread on the recent developments regarding the military-run corporate agricultural farming project: 🧵
Over the past few months, government ministers have repeatedly claimed that the state land being leased to a military-run private company for corporate agricultural farming is barren and will be developed to address Pakistan’s food security challenges.
However, as shown in this fact check, the land being allocated by the Punjab government for corporate farming in Arifwala is fertile, not barren.
A recent tussle in Pakpattan between Punjab govt and farmers over state land being handed over for the army’s corporate farming raises a key question:
How much of the 4.8 million acres earmarked for corporate farming by SIFC is actually “barren”?
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Farmers in Pakpattan are challenging the Punjab govt's transfer of state land to an army-led corporate farming initiative, according to Lahore High Court documents.
Petitioners argue that they and their families have been cultivating the land for the state since 1928.
Yet, in Dec 2023, the caretaker Punjab govt allocated this land to a military-run private company for corporate farming.
Here are some of the changes proposed in the new draft of the 26th Constitutional Amendment:
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-Article 9A: A new article has been inserted, guaranteeing every person the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment.
-JUI-F's proposal to eliminate riba has been adopted, with the addition that it will be eliminated "as far as practicable" by January 1, 2028.
Article 48: Previously, the advice tendered to the president by the Cabinet, Prime Minister, or a minister or minister of state could not be questioned in court.
The amendment removes "minister and minister of state" from this protection.