IT comes as no surprise but is nevertheless cause for embarrassment. Pakistan has been placed close to the bottom in Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net index, scoring only 27 out of 100. Ranked ‘not free’, the country accompanies China, Iran and Russia on the list known for internet curbs. Regional peers, meanwhile, performed better with India at 51, Sri Lanka at 53 and Bangladesh at 45. All three were declared ‘partly free’.
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