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Google may be a National Security concern due to relations with China, according to Trump

U.S President Donald Trump in his latest tweet has launched an attack on Google claiming that the search-engine giant...

Jul 26 · >

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 · >

Fake accounts popping up online to sell Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra

It has only been a month since the founder of the social media giant, Facebook announced the platform’s own...

Jul 23 · >

Over 2,300 child pornography sites have been blocked in Pakistan: PTA

Even Google wanted to know how Pakistan achieved the declining trend of access to pornographic websites. In a recent...

Jul 18 · >

FBR collected over Rs. 23 Crore in revenue from imported mobile phones this year

In a recent meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecom, an official of Federal Board of...

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Jul 17 · >

Facebook’s new digital currency plan faces scrutiny in Congress

Facebook’s new digital currency called Libra faces intense scrutiny as the Congress begins two days of hearings on the...

Jul 16 · >

Govt considering a reduction in taxes on mobile phones

In a Senate Committee session, it was considered if the taxes on mobile phones should be further reduced. The...

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Jul 12 · >

Trump rants against Bitcoin and Facebook’s Libra, says they ‘facilitate unlawful behavior’

When President of the United States Donald Trump is not tweeting spontaneously or letting everyone know how he’s making...

Jul 12 · >

FIA airport officials involved in stealing passenger’s data for illegal mobile registration

The Director of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime department Afzal Butt has told the Senate Standing Committee on...

Jul 11 · >

New cybersecurity policy to be finalized soon, Minister IT

Minister for Information Technology and Telecom, Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, has revealed that work on developing a new cybersecurity...

Jul 9 · >

Pakistan’s electricity losses can be reduced by 90% with ElectroCure governance tool: CEO Ignite

Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology has recently held a meeting to discuss various problems in which the IT...

Jul 9 · >

Rs. 13 billion allocated for various technology projects in PSDP

Under the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP), Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reforms has approved Rs. 13...

Jul 8 · >

Sci-tech minister calls Muftis biggest threat to Pakistan

The Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Ch in a Twitter post has said that religious clerics are...

Jun 28 · >

FBR tax profiling system is not foolproof and people are sharing their concerns

Despite the claim of FBR’s Chairman that the online tax portal for around 53 million citizens is secured, some...

Jun 22 · >

Facebook to face scrutiny over its cryptocurrency project next month

A few days ago the social media tech giant Facebook announced its own cryptocurrency wallet dubbed Calibra, backed up...

Jun 21 · >

White House office requests another 2-year delay on Huawei ban, WSJ reports

We know that the US had offered temporary relief to Huawei by lifting the ban for 90 days and...

Jun 13 · >

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 blocked phones are being unlocked in black market for as low as Rs. 2000

The black market seems to have a solution for everything. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had started blocking the unregistered...

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May 17 · >

PayPal refuses to come to Pakistan, IT secretary

The online payments giant, PayPal is not coming to Pakistan despite the robust efforts by the PTI government during...

PTA didn’t sign any agreement with the US firm for monitoring internet traffic, clarifies Azam Swati

The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Khan Swati informed the Senate that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has neither signed...

May 13 · >

IT and Telecom sector receives Rs.1.2 billion amount under PSDP

The government of Pakistan has released Rs. 1.214 billion amount for Information Technology and Telecom sector under the Public...

May 9 · >

PTA warns telecom companies to not increase tariff without proper mechanism

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) will take severe action if any telecom company raises the tariff without following the laid...

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Apr 30 · >

High Court orders PTA to make decision about unregistered mobile phones in 30 days

The hearing of the case regarding blocking of unregistered mobile phones by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) recently took...

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Apr 25 · >