Human rights in the digital age
Our digitally connected world poses serious challenges to human rights. Internet use and mobile connectivity, low-cost and fast computing systems, and rapid AI advances have, on the one hand, provided…
Digital dystopia
Sending a simple WhatsApp message, browsing the internet or even accessing websites has become an everyday ordeal for 240 million Pakistanis. As the nation continues to grapple with throttled internet…
Digital graveyard
ARBITRARY network shutdowns and slow internet speeds have been the defining feature of 2024. The ever-revolving circle on the screen harks back to the dial-up days, where one would hear a cacophony…
Digital solution
PAKISTAN’S economic narrative has long been dominated by IMF programmes, balance-of-payments crises, and fiscal deficits. The latest IMF data, showing 23.4 per cent inflation and anaemic GDP growth of 2.4pc,…
Human rights begin with women
On December 10, as the world commemorates Human Rights Day, Pakistan finds itself at the intersection of two critical anniversaries: the celebration of universal human rights and the ongoing battle…
How Pakistan’s VPN ban undermines rights
Over the past year, Pakistan has teetered on the edge of digital oppression, and the proposed ban on ‘unregistered’ VPNs could be the tipping point toward becoming a fully mass-surveilled…
Digital technology & women’s labour
ONLY 52 per cent of adult Pakistani women own a mobile phone and Pakistan has one of the widest mobile gender gaps in the region. Women are 49pc less likely…
Digital check-post
THERE has been no let-up in the woes of digital users in Pakistan as the internet continues to operate at a snail’s pace. To add insult to injury, at a…
Road to Digital Pakistan
Thriving societies have historically invested heavily in agriculture, recognizing it as the backbone of their economies and a vital source of sustenance. However, as the global economy evolves, many of…
Businesses, rights defenders decry internet slowdown
Government is throttling the internet and social media while it tests new controls to crush dissent, activists and business leaders say, putting the country’s economic recovery at risk. Internet networks…
