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Election commission to get e-voting technology soon: Fawad Chaudhry

According to Federal Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry, the Election Commission of Pakistan will soon have its hands...

Feb 22 · >

FBR to roll out track-and-trace system to improve revenue collection

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will be rolling out the new track and trace system in July this year...

Feb 17 · >

A special plane to bring COVID-19 vaccines from China, says SAPM on Health

The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, Dr Faisal Sultan, has recently told the press that  a...

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Jan 29 · >

Govt sets ambitious IT export target of $5bn

Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) Syed Aminul Haque announced yesterday that the target for the inflow of...

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Jan 27 · >

8 million children benefited from Govt’s Teleschool initiative according to survey

The Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mehmood, has stated during a meeting of the senate that...

Jan 26 · >

US Congress passes Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act for Pakistani women

In a move that is befitting for one of the most vocal advocates for girls’ education of our time,...

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Jan 5 · >

The Center for Chinese Legal Studies (CCLS) at LUMS co-hosted a virtual conference on ‘Poverty Alleviation’ in collaboration Pakistan-China Institute

The Center for Chinese Legal Studies (CCLS) at the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law, LUMS in collaboration with...

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Nov 13 · >

AWS releases AI toolkit to help predict COVID-19’s spread

Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) machine learning team has released an open-source machine learning toolkit that helps predict the spread...

Nov 2 · >

TikTok blocks 4 million videos and 25,000 accounts within Pakistan

As the ban was lifted after only ten days, TikTok fans all over the country have rejoiced and celebrated...

Oct 20 · >

Zoom and Twitter hit by allegations of racial bias in their visual algorithms

The last thing you want to hear as a technology company with a massive user base is that your...

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Sep 21 · >

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 · >

ECP introduced an online complaint management software

Senate Standing Committee on parliamentary affairs was briefed that the Pakistan Election Commission would soon inaugurate an online complaint...

Aug 25 · >

Pakistan to start manufacturing smartphones soon, says Federal IT Minister

The Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication informed a committee, on Thursday, that Pakistan has plans to start...

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Jul 3 · >

University Students are being Rusticated for Protesting Online Classes on Social Media

Students around the country have been protesting unsatisfactory online classes and universities charging full semester fees despite the coronavirus...

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Jun 10 · >

India geared up to introduce 5G in 2020 with Huawei

As the new year has started India has welcomed the Chinese Telecom giant, Huawei to be a part of...

Jan 2 · >

Pakistan telecommunication authority all ready for upgrading to automated system for monitoring Telecom QoS

PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) has recently planned to obtain automatic QoS (quality of services) tool. These tools will help...

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Dec 24 · >

Over 267 million Facebook users faced online data breach

Over 267 million active Facebook users’ information is leaked. The Comparitech’s report came forward by a cybersecurity researcher known...

Dec 23 · >

FBR to allow duty free mobile phone imports

On Monday, the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication was told by the Federal Board of Revenue...

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Nov 26 · >

China starts providing 5G services for commercial use

China has launched 5G services in the country for commercial use by providing licenses to the country’s three telecom...

Nov 1 · >

Govt hires a controversial firm to monitor internet traffic

The government of Pakistan has hired a controversial Canadian-based firm to monitor internet traffic in the country. The network...

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Oct 25 · >

Taxes on Mobile Phones: Hampering Pakistan’s Digital Growth

In June 2019, the federal government made it mandatory for all international travelers to pay duty on smartphones being...

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Oct 22 · >

FBR collects 7 billion from mobile phone registration in eight months

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected 7 billion in taxes for registering mobile phones in the last eight...

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Oct 16 · >

Govt is eager to bring PayPal in Pakistan

PTI’s government has formed a parliamentary panel to work on bringing PayPal and other online payment services in the...

Oct 8 · >

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 · >