#Pakistan🇵🇰 The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) strongly condemns the actions taken to censor the social network X (Twitter), which constitute a flagrant violation of the fundamental human right to freedom of expression and opinion.
Such actions not only violate universal principles enshrined in international human rights law, but also stifle essential democratic discourse and the free flow of information.
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a new national-scale disruption to X/Twitter in #Pakistan amid escalating unrest and protests over allegations of election fraud, following a high-level resignation and public admission of vote manipulation by a senior election official
Today in Labor History February 12, 1983: One hundred women protested in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence (would make the testimony of women worth half that of men’s testimony in courts of law). The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. However, they were successful in repealing the law.
I know there’s no shortage of political drama in the world right now, but if you follow that sort of thing… Pakistan just jumped to the top of the list. In a shock upset, the party of the ex-PM who is currently in jail just won a majority of seats in parliament. Get out the popcorn and find a comfortable seat, this should be interesting. https://www.dawn.com/news/1813028#Pakistan#PakistanElection2024#Pakistanelections
“The party of the imprisoned former prime minister of #Pakistan, Imran Khan, won the most seats in parliamentary elections this week, delivering a strong rebuke to the country’s powerful generals and throwing the political system into chaos”
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a nation-scale disruption to X/Twitter across #Pakistan; the incident comes amid political turmoil after a controversial election held under an internet and mobile network blackout 📉
There have been reports of mobile and Internet disruptions across multiple service providers in Pakistan today as its people head to the polls for national elections. See our coverage on our Pulse site:
Interesting - the same moment telecoms networks were shut down across #Pakistan as polls opened for today's elections, satellite internet operator Yahsat (YahClick) saw a huge rise in connectivity - to whom this exclusive service is provided we don't know 🛰️ (data via @netblocks)
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a disruption to mobile internet in #Pakistan with high impact to second-largest operator Zong, corroborating widespread user reports of outages; the incident comes as polls open on election day 📵 #PakistanElection2024
Disruptions to #mobile#Internet connectivity in #Pakistan have been observed on Telenor Pakistan, Zong, and Jazz starting at 0200 UTC, despite assurances from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority that mobile services would remain active on Election Day, February 8. radar.cloudflare.com/pk
The title of Grandmaster has been posthumously awarded by the creme de la creme of the chess world governing board to Mian Sultan Khan (pronounced Kaaaaaahhhhhnnnnn).
The #DiGA project is coming to an end, we are currently busy preparing the last batch of objects for publication. To give you a better sense of what we did in the project and what it looks like traveling to a small museum in #Pakistan to digitize a collection of ~1500 Buddhist sculptures, we made a short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvElg7B7kYQ Happy watching and please share if you like it! #CulturalHeritage#DigitalHumanities#Buddhism#BuddhistArt
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a nation-scale disruption to social media platforms across #Pakistan, including X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube; the incident comes as persecuted opposition leader Imran Khan's political party, PTI, launches its second virtual gathering