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ECP asks 125 political parties to make own websites

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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday asked all political parties to present their constitution before public. As per details, ECP has written to 125 political parties that they should make their own website and upload party constitution onweb. The ECP directed all parties to upload details of all provincial and central party […]


E-offices system to outdo WhatsApp soon

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ISLAMABAD: The National Information Technology Board (NITB) Wednesday stated that all federal government offices will be converted into e-offices by June 2020. This was informed by the officials of NITB in the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology, which met here with MNA Ali Khan Jadoon in the chair. The committee was apprised that […]


WhatsApp empowers users with new privacy controls

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LAHORE    –     WhatsApp groups continue to connect family, friends, coworkers, classmates and more. As people turn to groups for important conversations, users have asked for more control over their experience. WhatsApp is introducing a new privacy setting and invite system to help you decide who can add you to groups. To enable […]


Campaign on social media to communalise Edwardes College issue

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PESHAWAR: A vicious campaign has been launched in United Kingdom and on social media to communalise a prestigious educational institution by misleading the public and pre-empting the government’s attempt to regain its administrative control, say leaders of Christian community and legal experts. “Those involved in the campaign to communalise an administrative issue of the prestigious […]


Hareem Shah’s TikTok video in govt office goes viral

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LAHORE – The internet is on fire with Tik Tok star Hareem Shah Videos from the conference room at Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). The Foreign Affairs ministry has taken notice and initiated an inquiry into the incident. In one of the pictures that were shared on twitter, Hareem Shah was seen sitting on prime minister’s […]


Curbs on media, democracy’s retreat discussed

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LAHORE: Speakers at Asma Jahangir conference on Sunday discussed the country’s political situation and curbs on the media. A session ‘Unwrapping State Discourse: National Security, Identity and Nation Building’ was moderated by veteran journalist Arif Nizami and the panelists were former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri, retired Let Gen Talat Masood, Senator Syed Ali Zafar, […]


Alvi wants e-textbooks introduced in the country

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LAHORE: President Dr Arif Alvi has underscored the need to introduce e-textbooks in the country to impart the latest knowledge to the youth. Addressing the concluding ceremony of the 33rd three-day annual conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities at a hotel on Wednesday, he said the world had changed due to revolution in […]


Two arrested in Lahore for harassing women on social media

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LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cyber crime wing on Wednesday arrested two suspects separately on charges of harassing and blackmailing women on social media. In a complaint, Muhammad Muzammil alleged that Azeem Khan was harassing and blackmailing his sister by uploading her objectionable pictures on a social media site. Deputy Director Chaudhry Sarfraz constituted […]


Volunteers gather to add information online about Pakistani women

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ISLAMABAD: Volunteers gathered at the Swedish embassy on Saturday to add more content on Wikipedia about Pakistani women such as footballer Karishma Ali, who before now had to write to people describing herself when they asked about her. Wikipedia is currently far from equal, Swedish Ambassador Ingrid Johansson said at the event, adding: “There are […]


Pakistani tech vlogger gets YouTube’s coveted Silver Play Button

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Karachi-based Ameer Dagha, the founder of ReviewsPK has been awarded a Silver YouTube Play Button for having surpassed 100,000 subscribers. The Silver Play Button is the first on the ladder of the YouTube Creator Awards. At this level, the channel becomes eligible to apply for the verification badge which just adds more credibility to the […]


Twitter to alert govt before suspending ‘official’ accounts

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KARACHI: Two months after Pakistan specified about 200 accounts that were suspended by Twitter for posting content about Kashmir, the government has made headway in its negotiations on the matter with the micro-blogging website. In August, several users complained that their accounts or tweets were suspended or withheld for posting about events in India-held Kashmir. […]


Social media outrage as official buys burqas for students in KP village

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PESHAWAR: Social media was fuming on Monday after pictures showing girls in burqas bought for them by local authorities went viral, igniting anger across the country where women have fought for their rights for decades. A district councillor in the small village of Cheena in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province used Rs90,000 of local government funds to […]


Kashmiri journalists protest India’s media gag

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NEW DELHI-Dozens of journalists in Indian Occupied Kashmir held a sit-in protest Thursday against an ongoing communication blackout in the region, describing the blockade of the internet and mobile phones as a government-imposed gag. The journalists, holding placards and wearing black bands, said the Indian government was muzzling the press in the region and demanded […]


Easing collections: Punjab to launch ePay mobile app

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LAHORE: The Punjab government is set to launch ePay, a mobile application, on Friday for all business-to-government (B2G) and public-to-government (P2G) payments in order to facilitate the public and improve country’s revenue collection through easy payment solution. The application has been jointly developed by the Punjab Finance Department and the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), said […]