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Court hands 8 year sentence to a man from Peshawar over charges of online harassment and blackmailing

A man named Ahsan Sheraz from Peshawar has been handed eight years of imprisonment along with a fine of...

Jan 24 · >

India’s proposed rules could end freedom of speech and privacy

India is now debating on “intermediary guidelines”, a new set of rules that might change the face of the...

Jan 22 · >

Major Gen (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa appointed as the new PTA chairman

Major Gen (Retd) Amir Azeem Bajwa has been appointed by the federal cabinet as the new chairman of Pakistan...

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Jan 18 · >

SBP orders banks to end charges for SMS alerts

In a change to its existing policy, State Bank of Pakistan has ordered all banks and other financial service...

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Nov 30 · >

PTI to launch ‘Digital Transformation Initiative’ to boost IT sector of Pakistan

Newly elected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government is planning to launch ‘Digital Transformation Initiative’ which they promised in their digital...

Aug 6 · >

Here is how Imran Khan is planning to transform the tech and entrepreneurial landscape in Pakistan

Election fever is settling down and the citizens are pinning hope on the new government to see a transformed...

Jul 28 · >

PML-N shares agenda for the growth of entrepreneurship and IT sector of Pakistan

In PML(N)’s tenure, IT exports of Pakistan expanded to over 100 countries with its growth rate jumping to 125%....

Jul 6 · >

Beyond tax holiday, these five major incentives will accelerate the growth of Pakistani IT industry

The IT sector of Pakistan is the fastest growing sector of the country’s economy. In the last five years,...

May 17 · >

This is how Saudi Arabia will spend $34.7 billion on smart cities

After repealing a decades-long ban on cinemas, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(KSA) has now launched an ambitious drive to...

May 5 · >

26 out of 115 top VPNs are secretly collecting your personal information

Well, VPNs (virtual private networks) comes handy for most of the users who are unable to access certain websites...

Mar 27 · >

The Indian Government is considering launching Lakshmi, its answer to Bitcoin

There might be yet another addition in the burgeoning cryptocurrency market — and it could come from an unexpected...

Sep 26 · >

A man gets 13-year jail sentence for posting sectarian content on social media

Sectarian and religious violence is not only limited to specific areas of Pakistan, the whole country is burning in...

Jul 14 · >

Pakistan wants to associate Facebook accounts with mobile numbers

Facebook has been asked by the Pakistani government to link all of its accounts with the user mobile numbers....

Jul 12 · >

A man from Peshawar gets 12 year jail sentence for harassing woman on social site

The Federal Investigation Department of Pakistan(FIA) has arrested a man from Peshawar for creating a fake profile of a...

Jul 12 · >

4 ways of preventing loss due to ransomware

Last week, the WannaCry ransomware attack caused at least partial shutdowns of operations at Britain’s National Health Service (NHS)...

Jun 19 · >

Amidst gender disparity, these women are re-defining Pakistan’s entrepreneurial landscape

Women in South Asia face societal constraints and discrimination based on deeply entrenched values and perceptions about women’s role...

Mar 8 · >

Challenges faced by IT sector of Pakistan

The IT sector of Pakistan currently faces many challenges and barriers like unavailability of the internet in many areas,...

Feb 10 · >

Software and Telecom exports to be $6 billion by 2020

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom (MOITT) has projected the software and telecom exports to be $6 billion...

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Jan 3 · >

Campus on Cloud: a campus management solution for Higher Education Institutions

Campus on Cloud is a Campus Management Solution which provides Higher Education Institutes with tools to monitor, analyze and...

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Dec 14 · >

Google publicly outs an open exploit in Windows

Google has just disclosed a crucial open vulnerability in Windows publicly. The move came ten days down the line...

Nov 1 · >

PTA to hold Asia-Pacific Regulators Roundtable for the first time in Pakistan

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has been honored with holding the “Asia-Pacific Regulators Roundtable” for the first time in...

Jul 17 · >

9th Pakistan Telecon to happen at Islamabad on May 17th

The 9th Pakistan Telecon 2016 with the support of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) will be held on May...

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Apr 19 · >

LUMS hosts the most successful Startup Weekend Lahore to date

Startup Weekend, an internationally recognized event, has been regularly held in Pakistan since 2014. Organized by one of Pakistan’s...

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Mar 1 · >

Supreme Court Rejects Bail for Facebook Account Hacker

On Wednesday, the 18th of November, the Supreme Court rejected the bail plea by a man who stands accused...

Nov 23 · >