Why regime change won't save free speech in Pakistan
Why regime change won't save free speech in Pakistan In 2024, after being exposed for mass illegal surveillance, Pakistan's response wasn't accountability. The EU's latest report shows why that matters. Hassan Abdullah Niazi Published July 28, 2026 Listen to article 1x 1.2x 1.5x There is a silence smothering the landscape of Pakistan and it is a silence borne from fear.
- ▪Why regime change won't save free speech in Pakistan In 2024, after being exposed for mass illegal surveillance, Pakistan's response wasn't accountability.
- ▪The EU's latest report shows why that matters.
- ▪Hassan Abdullah Niazi Published July 28, 2026 Listen to article 1x 1.2x 1.5x There is a silence smothering the landscape of Pakistan and it is a silence borne from fear.
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| Publication time | Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:24:49 +0500 |
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Why regime change won't save free speech in Pakistan In 2024, after being exposed for mass illegal surveillance, Pakistan's response wasn't accountability. It was a new law. The EU's latest report shows why that matters. Hassan Abdullah Niazi Published July 28, 2026 Listen to article 1x 1.2x 1.5x There is a silence smothering the landscape of Pakistan and it is a silence borne from fear. The state grows more authoritarian each day, its mistrust for the voice of its people multiplying. The views of the masses, the printing presses, the online spaces, are met with charge sheets and FIRs. Silence has become the only guarantee of safety from the wrath of a system bent on gagging criticism.
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