Pakistan dominates the surveillance hall of shame
September 15, 2014 - by Furhan Hussain Gul Bukhari.
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has had an intense history involving multiple wars, the splitting away of its eastern wing, military coups, political insurgency, ethnic cleansing and separatist movements; all in less than seven decades of its existence. Many of these afflictions have paved the way for the strengthening of institutions such as the military, resulting in the civilian system of checks and balances or oversight of these institutions becoming nonexistent, while human rights violations by these powerhouses remaining as rampant as before. Their reach has now also fully extended to information and communications technologies (ICTs).