New ‘Cybercrime Bill’ Put Forward for Pakistan: Social Media Oversight and Stricter Penalties

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly introduced a bill proposing amendments to the country’s cybercrime laws on Wednesday. The key highlights of the bill include a proposed…

Galaxy S25 Edge Slim Design Revealed at Samsung Unpacked Event

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Samsung wrapped up Wednesday’s Unpacked event with the teaser of the Galaxy S25 Edge, an exciting new addition to its lineup. While details about this…

Government Faces Backlash for Halting Senator’s Pro-Crypto Bill

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

ISLAMABAD: Senator Afnan Ullah expressed his frustration and criticized the administration for delaying the presentation of his Virtual Assets Bill 2025 in a statement issued…

$15M Trade Deal Signed Between Saudi EXIM Bank and Bank Alfalah

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A $15 million financing agreement was signed between the Saudi Export-Import Bank and Bank Alfalah of Pakistan. The purpose of the agreement is to strengthen…

Netflix Increases Prices Again—Next Month’s Rates Revealed

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The top streaming platform in the world, Netflix, has announced that it will be increasing subscription prices in a number of countries. These countries include…

Pakistan’s Digital Nation Bill 2024 Approved by NA Committee

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

ISLAMABAD: Digital Nation Pakistan Bill 2024, an initiative to modernize government processes and enhance openness, has been authorized by the National Assembly Standing Committee on…

Microsoft Ends Exclusive Cloud Partnership with OpenAI

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Originally, Microsoft was OpenAI’s exclusive provider of data center infrastructure for training and running its AI models. However, this arrangement has changed. Microsoft has now…

Dubai Chamber of Commerce Welcomes Over 6,000 Pakistani Companies in 2024

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce has seen an influx of over 6,000 Pakistani enterprises so far in 2024, accounting for 8% of the total new…

DeepSeek Unveils DeepSeek-R1 Which Beats OpenAI-o1 in Reasoning

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

Recently, the DeepSeek-V3 AI lab in China released new software, and now they’re back with DeepSeek-R1, a massive language model with robust reasoning capabilities. In…

Punjab Textbook Features CM Maryam, Kulsoom Nawaz, and Other Prominent Women

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Since Saturday, X users have been sharing posts about Maryam Nawaz, the Chief Minister of Punjab, and her mother, Kulsoom Nawaz, speculating on their inclusion…

Air Link Secures Rs572 Million Industrial Land for Expansion

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The announcement came from Air Link Communication Limited, which is planning to buy a 3-acre industrial property and a 5-acre plot from its wholly owned…

Govt to Double Tax on Offshore Digital Services, Enforce Stricter Fraud Penalties

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is planning major revisions to the Tax Laws Amendment Bill 2024. These changes propose a 20% income tax on foreign online…

Is the Kia EV9 Headed to Pakistan? Lucky Motors Drops a Teaser

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Kia Lucky Motors started selling electric vehicles in Pakistan last October when they launched the Kia EV5, their first model in the country’s expanding EV…

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