34. Fatima Bhutto, ‘‘Online Crimes,’’ Guardian, February 11, 2009, http://www.guardian.co.uk/
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35. Nasir Iqbal, ‘‘Body Set Up to Block Websites,’’ DAWN, September 3, 2006, http://www.dawn
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36. Ibid.; Ministry of Information Technology, ‘‘De-Regulation Policy for the Telecommunication
Sector,’’ July 2003, http://www.pta.gov.pk/media/telecom25092003.pdf.
37. BBC News, ‘‘Pakistan Blocks Blogs on Cartoons,’’ March 3, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
south_asia/4771846.stm.
38. Mohammad Kamran, ‘‘SC Seeks Legal Avenues to Ban Blasphemous Cartoons Worldwide,’’
Daily Times, March 14, 2006, http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03
%5C14%5Cstory_14-3-2006_pg1_7.
39. Mohammad Kamran, ‘‘Gov’t Directed to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Websites,’’ Daily Times, March
3, 2006, http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03%5C03%5Cstory_3-3-2006
_pg7_27; Akbar S. Ahmed, ‘‘Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws: Words Fail Me,’’ Washington Post, May
19, 2002, http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=
A36108-2002May17¬Found=true.
40. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance 2002, Article 20, http://www.pemra.gov.pk/
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41. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance 2002, Article 27.
42. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance, 2007 (LXV of 2007), Article 20(m), http://
www.pemra.gov.pk/pdf/ord031107.pdf.
43. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance, 2007 (LXV of 2007), Article 20(k).
44. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance, 2007 (LXV of 2007), Article 20(j).
45. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance, 2007 (LXV of 2007), Article 30(4).
46. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance, 2007 (LXV of 2007), Article 33.
47. Daily Times, ‘‘Text of Press Ordinance,’’ November 4, 2007, http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
default.asp?page=2007\11\04\story_4-11-2007_pg7_25.
48. Raja Aqeel, ‘‘Bill to Abolish PEMRA Ordinance Curbs Introduced in National Assembly,’’ Business Recorder, April 12, 2008.
49. CNN, ‘‘Pakistani Police Storm Television Station,’’ November 3, 2007, http://www.cnn.com/
2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.media/.
50. Muhammad Najeeb, ‘‘Pakistani Media Gagged, Even Internet Not Spared,’’ Hindustan Times,
November 4, 2007, http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=460572ab-dea2
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commentisfree/2009/feb/10/pakistan-cyber-terrorism-law.
35. Nasir Iqbal, ‘‘Body Set Up to Block Websites,’’ DAWN, September 3, 2006, http://www.dawn
.com/2006/09/03/nat3.htm.
36. Ibid.; Ministry of Information Technology, ‘‘De-Regulation Policy for the Telecommunication
Sector,’’ July 2003, http://www.pta.gov.pk/media/telecom25092003.pdf.
37. BBC News, ‘‘Pakistan Blocks Blogs on Cartoons,’’ March 3, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
south_asia/4771846.stm.
38. Mohammad Kamran, ‘‘SC Seeks Legal Avenues to Ban Blasphemous Cartoons Worldwide,’’
Daily Times, March 14, 2006, http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03
%5C14%5Cstory_14-3-2006_pg1_7.
39. Mohammad Kamran, ‘‘Gov’t Directed to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Websites,’’ Daily Times, March
3, 2006, http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03%5C03%5Cstory_3-3-2006
_pg7_27; Akbar S. Ahmed, ‘‘Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws: Words Fail Me,’’ Washington Post, May
19, 2002, http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=
A36108-2002May17¬Found=true.
40. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance 2002, Article 20, http://www.pemra.gov.pk/
pdf/ordinance1.pdf.
41. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance 2002, Article 27.
42. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance, 2007 (LXV of 2007), Article 20(m), http://
www.pemra.gov.pk/pdf/ord031107.pdf.
43. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance, 2007 (LXV of 2007), Article 20(k).
44. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance, 2007 (LXV of 2007), Article 20(j).
45. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance, 2007 (LXV of 2007), Article 30(4).
46. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Ordinance, 2007 (LXV of 2007), Article 33.
47. Daily Times, ‘‘Text of Press Ordinance,’’ November 4, 2007, http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
default.asp?page=2007\11\04\story_4-11-2007_pg7_25.
48. Raja Aqeel, ‘‘Bill to Abolish PEMRA Ordinance Curbs Introduced in National Assembly,’’ Business Recorder, April 12, 2008.
49. CNN, ‘‘Pakistani Police Storm Television Station,’’ November 3, 2007, http://www.cnn.com/
2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.media/.
50. Muhammad Najeeb, ‘‘Pakistani Media Gagged, Even Internet Not Spared,’’ Hindustan Times,
November 4, 2007, http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=460572ab-dea2
-4703-93e4-280a1763bbf4&&Headline=Pakistani+media+gagged%2c+even+Internet+not+spared.
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