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PTA blocks 500,000 ‘objectionable’ TikTok videos

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked access to around 500,000 objectionable videos on the popular video-sharing application TikTok in...

Mar 23 · >

Govt actively monitored internet during lockdown: PTA

The year 2020 was memorable for loads of obvious reasons. It was the year that witnessed a meteoric rise...

Feb 2 · >

PTA blocks 452 access links of a Netflix movie containing blasphemous content

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday that it had blocked 452 out...

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Jan 27 · >

PTA has banned Tiktok in Pakistan for immoral/indecent content

We all saw it coming. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has finally blocked Tiktok services in the country. The ban...

Oct 9 · >

PTA blocks thousands of anti-Islamic, anti-State URLs

In a recent report to the Parliament, PTA said it had identified at least 59,712 anti-Islam URLs on different...

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Oct 6 · >

PTA responds to #BanPTA gamers complaints regarding packet loss – all services working “fine”

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has responded to numerous complaints regarding packet loss. The regulator has checked with all internet...

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Sep 23 · >

PTA requested YouTube to take down indecent and hate speech content

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has requested YouTube to remove indecent content and hate speech on Friday. In the statement...

Aug 28 · >

Bigo a live streaming app banned in Pakistan for spreading obscenity: PTA

According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, popular live stream app Bigo has been banned earlier this week. PTA has...

Jul 21 · >

PTA urges users to register their VPNs by the end of June – or face consequences

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has issued a public notice stating that all users must register their Virtual Private Networks...

Jun 9 · >

PTA extended the Blocking of IMEIs of unregistered devices

Earlier today Pakistan Telecommunication authority just published a press released stating that the date of IMEI blocking of mobile...

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Jun 5 · >

PTA issues guidelines to report misplaced and stolen phones

Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has issued a guideline in a newspaper to report or block misplaced and stolen phones....

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Nov 4 · >

PTA urges dual SIM mobile phone users to register both IMEIs before August 31

As you know that IMEI, or International Mobile Equipment Identity, is a unique number issued to every mobile device...

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Aug 22 · >

PTA responds to social media banning claim saying their chairman has been misquoted

Earlier on Friday, we reported that PTA Chairman has proposed during a session with the Senate Standing Committee that...

Jul 27 · >

PTA chief suggests to block social media in Pakistan over blasphemous content

The chairman from Pakistan Telecommunications Authority Maj. Gen. (Retd) Amir Azeem Bajwa has suggested that the government should block...

Jul 26 · >

PTA unveils final prices for renewing licenses of telecom operators

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has rejected mobile operators concerns regarding the prices of mobile license renewals and passed an...

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Jul 24 · >

PTA asks FBR not to collect tax on phones imported before 1st July 2019

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is collecting taxes on cellphones which international travelers brought into the country under...

Jul 16 · >

Mobile phone dealers protest against PTA’s policy on used phones

Around 80% of Pakistanis buy used smartphones, claimed mobile phone dealers. Mobile phone dealers in Karachi have intimidated to...

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Jun 28 · >

PTA mistakenly charged Rs. 45,000 custom duty on a Rs. 3,000 feature phone [Updated]

 The story has been updated to add PTA’s clarification which is shared at the bottom. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA)...

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Jun 27 · >

PTA launches two-step authentication to restrict misuse of identity for mobile registration

After the launch of PTA’s phone blocking system DIRBS in Pakistan, illegal smartphone registration is on the rise and...

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Jun 24 · >

PTA received 20,000 complaints regarding illegal registration of mobile phones

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has received 20,000 complaints regarding the illegal registration of mobile phones, an official from the...

Jun 10 · >

PTA reveals passengers mobile registration data got leaked

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has revealed that the travel agents and civil aviation officials had leaked the personal...

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May 30 · >

PTA begins the process of blocking 2.8 million illegal smartphones in Pakistan

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started blocking unregistered mobile phones in Pakistan. Under the blocking process which started on...

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May 3 · >

WhatsApp conversation screenshots will be blocked with this new feature

WhatsApp is testing a new security feature that will allow users to block conversation screenshots. In a new update...

Apr 18 · >

PTA to finally establish a cyber vigilance division for monitoring unlawful online content

Pakistani Telecommunication Authority is finally establishing a cyber vigilance division department for monitoring complaints against unlawful online content under...

Jan 22 · >