KARACHI- The Minister for Information Technology and Communication, Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, and his Russian counterpart Reiman Leonid Dodojonovich have agreed to enhance the level of Russo-Pak co-operation in the fields of information technology and communication. Both sides agreed to exchange high level visits and to benefit from each other’s experience to modernise their IT […]
KARACHI- The Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Ishrat Hussain on July 26th, 2003 stressed the security of electronic transactions through cyber crime laws so as to accelerate E-banking in Pakistan. Addressing a one-day seminar on ‘Technological Innovations in the Financial Sector’, jointly organised by the Computer Society of Pakistan, the Pakistan Software Houses Association […]
KARACHI- The Virtual University has invited new admissions (Fall-2003) to its four-year programme of Bachelor of Sciences. The course is offered with facility to study at home or at private Virtual Campus, BS Programme is available in multiple disciplines i.e. Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Accounting and Finance, Education, Law, Mass Communication, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, […]
KARACHI- The deregulation policy for the telecommunication sector framed by the Ministry of Information Technology and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority fully protects the interests of the PTCL, and certainly tends to block the entry of the new investors in the field, according to the Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan (Ispak). In a press release issued […]
KARACHI- The Virtual University (VU) of Pakistan has announced plans to start admissions (Fall Semester 2003) for the much-awaited Bachelor of Science (4 years, 8 semesters) Degree program in various disciplines. It is for the first time in Pakistan that a public sector University is offering a 4-year BS degree program in multiple disciplines with […]
ISLAMABAD- Taking serious cognizance of Internet and Telecom service failure on July 7, the PTCL management has suspended four senior officers on the basis of preliminary inquiry report. According to a PTCL press release issued here on July 11th, 2003, the company has also initiated disciplinary action against two directors responsible for the services failure. […]
ISLAMABAD- Dr Atta-ur-Rahman on July 11th, 2003 took the charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology as minister in charge. Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali has appointed Dr Atta in charge of the ministry with the status of a federal minister, said an official announcement on July 11th, 2003. Dr Atta, a professor of […]
KARACHI – Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL) striving its best to provide State-of-the-art telecom technologies to its customers, and for this purpose, the company introduced a new Service i.e. Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN). ISDN BRI provides faster, clear voice and fax communication plus a new way to send and receive video images, graphics and […]
KARACHI- The Internet Service Providers of Pakistan (ISPAK) has sought government permission for establishment of four Gateways in private sector to avoid any untoward happening like that of July 7, when Pakistan was cut off from the rest of the world’s Internet link for over 15 hours. V. A. Abidi, Secretary General of Internet Services […]
KARACHI- The country lost its connection to the world wide web on July 7th, 2003 when two Internet links of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company gave way. A Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) spokesman said that a link between the International Gateway Exchange and Hawkesbay – which is known as SEA-ME-WE 3 (South East Asia, Middle […]
GENEVA- The Secretariat, World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), has appreciated Pakistan’s efforts for providing support to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and its organisation in crafting a shared understanding and vision of the information society. The acknowledgement came from Pierre Gagne, executive director, WSIS Secretariat, who met federal Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmad Khan […]
KARACHI- Pakistan, fighting an uphill battle to attract foreign investors, will be hoping to woo US information technology firms when President General Pervez Musharraf meets industry executives in Los Angeles on June 27, 2003. The president, who is on a week-long visit to the United States, will be accompanied in Los Angeles by three senior […]
KARACHI- Business Software Alliance (BSA) here in its latest move to curb software piracy confiscated 2,792 CDs and arrested five vendors for selling unlicensed computer programmes. “These five police assisted raids were conducted to discourage the thriving business of unauthorized software selling and its selling and its usage in Pakistan,” commented Co-Chairman, BSA, Middle East, […]
ISLAMABAD- The visiting Microsoft Vice President, Emre Birkin on June 10th, 2003 said Pakistan’s bandwidth rates were much higher and authorities in Islamabad should workout a policy to bring them down. He was responding to a questioner at a press conference who wanted to know if he was satisfied with Pakistan’s bandwidth rates. Emre Birkin […]
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