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Authorities fall back on old YouTube advice

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ISLAMABAD: While experts are unable to find any way to block unwanted material on social networking website, YouTube, the Ministry of Information and Technology is working on ‘Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill’ which it considers can pave the way for a localised version of youtube. The bill might take one or two more months to […]


Pakistani Consulate to provide digital passports

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The Pakistani Consulate in Jeddah announces that it will now start providing its expatriates with machine-readable passports, to speed up services and reduce queuing outside its offices. At a press conference at the Consulate, Consul General Aftab Khokhar said a limited number of Pakistanis could start making their appointments for the new passports from next […]


Remembering a great: A journalist like no other

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LAHORE: Syed Irshad Hussain Rashid – more commonly known as I H Rashid – breathed his last on August 8 of this year. During his funeral in Lahore, it was of no surprise that many in attendance were those journalists whose rights he campaigned for throughout his life. “I H Rashid’s actions spoke louder than […]


An entertaining lesson in history: Begum Jaan revisits Karachi amid louder applause

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KARACHI: Even though parts of the city were shut down on Wednesday, the premiere night of the play ‘Begum Jaan’ turned out to be a big draw for Karachi’ites whose love for theatre brought them to the in-house theatre of the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa). The audience was in for a treat as […]


An art exhibition from an altruistic perspective

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Karachi: The city is dotted with art galleries and two or three exhibitions are always running concurrently; however, sometimes these stand out for the nature of works they exhibit that are always altruistically oriented. One such show opened at the VM Art Gallery recently. Unlike most art exhibitions, this one aims not at lucrative sales […]


IHC seeks reply from IT ministry, PTA – Non-registered SIMs case

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Islamabad: Chief Justice (CJ) Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Muhammad Anwar Kasi here on Thursday issued notices to the secretary ministry of information technology and Telecommunication, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), ministry of interior through its secretary, chief executives of the all telecommunication companies and inspector general Islamabad police seeking their reply over a petition against […]


Pakistan’s ‘cyberwar’ for control of the web

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LAHORE: In a dingy Internet cafe, Abdullah gets round the censors with one click and logs onto YouTube, officially banned for a year and at the heart of Pakistan’s cyberwar for control of the web. On September 17, 2012 Islamabad blocked access to the popular video-sharing website after it aired a trailer for a low-budget […]