ISLAMABAD – Social media websites – Facebook and Youtube – are removing objectionable contents on request of Pakistan, sources revealed yesterday. According to top officials, both the sides have removed lots of controversial material on the request of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Both the websites have been cooperating with Pakistan and on our request they have […]
After much back and forth, the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 was passed by the National Assembly on Wednesday. How open to scrutiny the okaying of the proposed legislation was, and perhaps how interested lawmakers are in this piece of legal drafting, can be gauged from the fact that of the 342 members of […]
ISLAMABAD: It was certainly a big day for the Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Anusha Rahman Khan, who got the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crime Bill passed by the National Assembly on Wednesday. However, the occasion was spoiled by her two fellow ruling party lawmakers. Ms Rahman had been actively involved in […]
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) Mian Zahid Hussain has said proposed Cyber Crime Bill will reduce incidents of crimes. Mian Zahid Hussain said that democracy is all about fundamental rights, civil liberties, freedom of expression and right to information which should be protected to make the bill acceptable to all stakeholders. He said […]
Karachi: The University of Karachi’s International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) will start an extensive online course on “Basic French Language” from April 12 in collaboration with the Alliance Francaise. The language programme aims to enlighten students with cultural and socio-political norms in France and contribute to the academic and professional requirements of […]
ISLAMABAD: The ever-increasing broadband access in Pakistan has accelerated the growth of freelance marketplaces, according to a survey report. Due to internet proliferation, freelance jobs are growing as more than 10,000 IT graduates enter Pakistan’s market annually. Freelancing is progressing in conventional job markets and it is estimated that by 2020, one in three workers […]
Mobicash, with the tradition of exploring new possibilities, has announced the launch of its Mobile Accounts to subscribers of other mobile networks. Through this first of its kind initiative in telecom sector, Mobicash looks to cater to the growing demand for financial services by the masses. It positions Mobicash at the forefront of cutting edge […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook apologised on Sunday for a bug that sent a Safety Check notification to users around the world following a deadly suicide bombing in Pakistan. Facebook users from Honolulu to Brussels and Cairo to Hong Kong were baffled by the notification, a feature that lets users signal to friends that they are […]
Islamabad – Mohafiz, a lifesaving mobile application designed by a local Pakistani software company in wake of Army Public School Peshawar attack, allows its users to broadcast life-threatening situation to nominated emergency contacts through SMS. In a world where emergency services are too few and overburdened to effectively deal with the ever growing nature and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) vaulted ahead of other political and religious groups when it launched a mobile app to highlight its philanthropic work among smartphone users. But the app, which was available for download for at least ten days, has now mysteriously disappeared from the Google Play store. FIF is the charitable arm of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency is struggling in all its assigned tasks as the number of pending cases in its National Response Centre for Cyber Crimes (NR3C) is much higher than its overall achievements. Its performance and achievement chart from January 1 to December 31, 2015 reflects huge backlogs and several pending cases which continue […]
KARACHI: The broadband fever doesn’t seem to be dying down as the number of subscriptions in the country hit almost 30 million after cellular service providers sold nearly one and a half million high-speed mobile internet connections in February 2016, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) revealed on Monday. The number of broadband connections in the […]
KARACHI: While Middle East countries have faced humanitarian disasters spawned by Syria and Yemen since time immemorial, a greater problem now faces these countries; cyber-crime. Cyber war is a pretty new phenomenon with countries like Iran conducting their first cyber-attack against its rivals during diplomatic crises in the year 2012. A group of Iranians calling […]
Islamabad: In line with the continuous digitization of its services to meet demands of Smartphone users, Mobilink is proud to announce an Android based Mobicash application for the facilitation of its Mobile Account users. Mobicash Mobile Account application offers a user friendly interface and a secure transactions platform. The application allows users to perform all […]
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