Musa Khan Jalalzai The Afghan, NATO, US and European intelligence agencies have failed to fight the Taliban insurgency effectively through the social media The adoption of mobile applications, web-based applications, social media use for intelligence purposes and the worldwide web have changed our traditional way of life and business. We live in an evolving world […]
By: TAHIR AMIN & ZAHEER ABBASI The government would be heavily relying on borrowing to finance the fiscal deficit, which is expected to increase significantly in the current fiscal year due to the inability to generate the budgeted non-tax revenue of $1.6 billion on account of Etisalat and auction of 3G spectrum. Sources said that […]
By: Shabbir Mir GILGIT: To stem the flow of controversial content in Gilgit-Baltistan, the government has requested Ministry of Interior to ban the Short Messaging Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service in the region. A letter drafted by the ministry’s regional secretary, read, “…use of these services is playing havoc with the peace of the […]
KARACHI: “Winning the ‘South Asia Digital Media of the Year Award’ will lead Pakistan to the international advertising scene in the future,” CEO and co-founder of the Symmetry Group, Sarosh Ahmed told a gathering of select journalists in press event on Wednesday. Sharing details of the group’s performance in the Campaign South Asia Awards 2012 […]
By: IRFAN MEHMOOD ACCORDING to voter statistics released by the Election Commission of Pakistan, 40 million voters are aged between 18 and 35, which accounts for 47 per cent out of 84.30 million total voters on the electoral rolls. In the conventional method of polling, finding the correct polling location and standing in line for […]
By: MIAN DAWOOD LAHORE: The Lahore High Court administration has introduced Internet Browsing Policy (IBP), imposing restrictions on the net surfing without permission. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, the LHC Information Technology (IT) admin judge, has imposed the ban to avoid misuse of the internet. Under the policy, the officials have to get permission for the […]
By: Shahzada Irfan Ahmed The fate of 3G licensing in the country seems to be still unclear, as the differences among stakeholders are becoming severer every day. There is difference of opinion over the auction process to be adopted, timing of the launch, hiring of consultants for auction and the proposed terms and conditions the […]
By: Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued a reminder to the political parties asking them to file intra-party poll documents and statements of their accounts, failing which they won’t be allotted symbols to contest the general elections. The commission said that the fresh applications had been invited from political […]
By: Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: Pakistani student from Pattoki who has become an overnight singing sensation in Britain will be landing in Lahore on December 27 afternoon to meet his family and new legions of fans in Pakistan. Muhammad Shahid Nazir, 31, whose song ‘One Pound Fish’ has given him worldwide fame told The News […]
PESHAWAR: The website of Peshawar High Court was hacked by unidentified hackers Friday evening and computer experts of the court succeeded in recovering the site late in the night. The hackers, apparently Indian, have defaced the site and pasted a message; “Indian hackers own this box.” Giving a reference of Mumbai attacks of 2008, the […]
By: Mariam Gabaji KARACHI: The end of what can be achieved through digital marketing and advertising has a wide scope which is set on an evolving landscape. The Pakistan Advertisers Society hosted the first ever digital marketing conference on December 18 called ‘Dig It 2012’ at the Sheraton, Karachi. In the present day, there are […]
KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Muhammad Hussain Syed has said that education and training play an important role in human capabilities that could further be enhanced if government provides its employees necessary training in this regard. He said this while addressing the one-day training workshop in Qasr-e-Naz held on awareness of social media and […]
MUZAFFARABAD: `S’ was just a schoolgirl when she logged onto an Internet chat room and met a young college student `M’. They fell in love and decided to get married. Internet dating in the West is now so common that it is no longer considered an act of shameful desperation but an acceptable way for […]
By: Aatekah Mir-Khan LAHORE: Female journalists, young and old, were encouraged to use the social media to “amplify their voice”. However, at the same time, they were urged to secure themselves online. The advices were offered by Afia Salam, a media and outreach consultant, who led the second day session of a training organised by […]
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