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Pakistan's Nighat Dad named as member of Facebook's oversight board

Reuters/Tech Desk | May 07, 2020 |

Facebook's oversight board will be able to overturn content moderation decisions by Mark Zuckerberg
Legal notice served to Ali Zafar for 'false, malicious' statements against Meesha Shafi

News Desk | May 01, 2019 |

Demands public apology within 15 days, Rs2 billion as compensation for damage to reputation
From Mahira Khan to Hajra Khan: What is it like to be a woman in Pakistan?

Entertainment Desk | Feb 19, 2019 |

Empowered personalities share breaking stereotypes, holding their own and the tough climb up the ladder
Report on online harassment: Female politicians more likely to face objectifying comments online

News Desk | Dec 09, 2018 |

Speakers call for reviewing engagement rules for social media
Pakistan's Digital Rights Foundation among Forbes 'Top 10 Entrepreneurs' at UNGA

News Desk | Oct 01, 2018 |

Nighat Dad presented at UN Solutions Summit hosted on the sidelines of UNGA
Two Pakistanis among 262 journalists jailed for their work worldwide

Hussain Dada/Waleed Tariq | Dec 13, 2017 |

Turkey, China and Egypt account for more than 50% of the journalists arrested
Nighat Dad to represent Pakistan as 2017 TED Fellow

News Desk | May 24, 2017 |

Previously, Dad was selected as a 'Next Generation Leader' by TIME Magazine
Calling all the ladies

Editorial | Apr 09, 2017 |

Women are frequent targets of harassment in this country
Pakistan hotline offers safe space for women harassed online

Afp | Apr 07, 2017 |

Nighat Dad witnesses a rise in the volume of calls by women seeking advice after Qandeel Baloch’s murder last year
This woman has been making the internet a safer place for Pakistani women

Ismail Sheikh | Dec 30, 2016 |

Nighat Dad was honoured with the Human Rights Tulip Award earlier this year

Letters

Moving from shame

The current governance, regulatory, and investigative structures in Pakistan lack resources and competence and is plagued with conflict of interest
Bogus domiciles

In Sindh, there is an unholy nexus among office clerks across the various departments who are able to alter information on any official document

Remembering One Unit

Today marks the 50th year after the abolition of the One Unit scheme in Pakistan.
Coronavirus testing

If we lower the number of daily tests then of course cases will go down

Preventing locust swarms

Lack of effective control mechanisms could also cost about 50-70% cereal harvest loss
Workings of the health sector

Pandemic created stark division between those who benefit off vulnerable situations & those who fight for humanity

Diplomatic face-off

It is always wise to keep the back-channel diplomacy open so that the situation does not spiral out of control
The craze of Ertugrul

Little is known about the authentic account of Ertugrul’s life and struggle

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More Nighat Dad News

Pakistan's Nighat Dad named as member of Facebook's oversight board

Legal notice served to Ali Zafar for 'false, malicious' statements against Meesha Shafi

From Mahira Khan to Hajra Khan: What is it like to be a woman in Pakistan?

Report on online harassment: Female politicians more likely to face objectifying comments online

Pakistan's Digital Rights Foundation among Forbes 'Top 10 Entrepreneurs' at UNGA

Two Pakistanis among 262 journalists jailed for their work worldwide

Nighat Dad to represent Pakistan as 2017 TED Fellow

Calling all the ladies

Pakistan hotline offers safe space for women harassed online

This woman has been making the internet a safer place for Pakistani women

Opinion Poll

Letters

Moving from shame

Bogus domiciles

Remembering One Unit

Coronavirus testing

Preventing locust swarms

Workings of the health sector

Diplomatic face-off

The craze of Ertugrul

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