Sir: “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots” — Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein pretty much hit the nail on the head with that one! We can blame, for the most part, technological advancements in the production of mobile phones for the exponential reduction […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said on Tuesday that all unregistered foreign IP addresses will be blocked with immediate effect. According to a statement, the regulator has thus far confiscated 711 illegal gateways in 112 raids conducted in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency. To curb down illegal traffic, the PTA has further strengthened the […]
ISLAMABAD: The process for the auction of 3G cellular licences has begun, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) told the apex court on Tuesday. The PTA Director Technical told a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry which heard a petition seeking direction for auction of 3G cellular licence, utilization of USF funds, that seven […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered that no foreign or Indian film could be exhibited in Pakistan which is brought into the country in violation of law. The court also directed the Chairman Pakistan Central Censor Board to ensure that department would not issue license to any Indian film bearing fake documents in […]
The federal government, on November 18, issued directives to ban the dissemination of hate material over the social media. This follows the violent incident in Rawalpindi on Ashura Day, when nine persons were killed when marchers forming part of a procession went by a seminary and mosque. As curfew was clamped down in the city, […]
KARACHI: Humair Akhtar Baloch, senior coordinator in Bizpro and working in the page-making section of Dawn, passed away here on Tuesday. He was 38. He is survived by a widow, a six-year-old son, mother, a sister and two brothers. According to his family, he underwent leg surgery at a private hospital and was due to […]
Faisalabad: Faisalabad Union of Journalists (FUJ) on Tuesday took out a rally to mark the International Journalists Day. Participants said most working journalists in Pakistan were deprived of basic facilities like security, life and health insurance and Fair wages. The rally was taken out from City District Government Complex and ended at Katchery Road. Express […]
KARACHI: Chairman of Pakistan Press International and Secretary General of the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), Owais Aslam Ali said that the perpetrators of violence against journalists and media workers enjoy almost absolute impunity in Pakistan, which is seriously hampering press freedom in the country. This he said while answering to various questions asked by Ifex […]
LAHORE: The journalist community across the country on Tuesday observed “Journalists Martyrs Day” on the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) President Rana Muhammad Azeem and Secretary General Amin Yousaf. The community held seminars, rallies and ceremonies in their cities and districts to pay the rich tributes to all those journalists who were […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over a new law restricting freedom of speech and freedom of the press, enacted by the Hungarian Parliament on 5 November. Quoting the information from Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a […]
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