Ahmed Saeed

March 22, 2024 By Ahmed Saeed LAHORE: A few days ago, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi suggested that strict laws were required to fight fake news in Pakistan. “We need to make better laws,” he said. Naqvi pointed to recent actions in the US, where TikTok was banned, as evidence that even in a democracy like the US, restrictions on social media platforms are implemented. “What’s the harm in us proposing regulations?” he asked.

March 16, 2024 By Ahmed Saeed LAHORE: Salma was taken aback by the revelation that the source of her nausea and headaches was pregnancy. Back in 2021, at age 21 and not married, she was devastated by this news from her doctor. “My employer raped me at gunpoint. He took my photographs in compromising positions. He threatened that he would use them to blackmail me if I reported the incident to anyone,” she tells Voicepk. Salma, not her real name, worked as a housemaid in Khanewal, Punjab.

August 31, 2023 By Ahmed Saeed LAHORE Gilgit Baltistan, a serene region known for its natural beauty, has been witnessing unrest over the last 10 days due to waves of protests by Shia and Sunni groups. Initial protests began on August 20, when Sunni organizations launched a rally in Diamer and Chilas against a prominent Shia cleric, Agha Syed Baqir Hussaini. Sunni groups accused Hussaini of blasphemy and urged the authorities to register a First Information Report (FIR) against him.