KARACHI: Urbanite.pk, a fresh name in service sector, has been enjoying a boom, since their inception, as contrary to other Internet shopping malls, Urbanite.pk provides food items, including frozen items and ice cream as well, along with a wide range of several other items. Urbanite.pk for Karachities, recently celebrated receiving its 4000th online order, which […]
By: ANWAR KHAN Social media internet sites, Facebook and Twitter were overwhelmed by Thursday by Pakistanis’ indignation over the attempt on the life of Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year old student activist from Swat Valley. Over the past two days, internet users termed the shooting of the teenage girl a brazen attempt in the militancy plagued […]
By: Syed Hassam Ahmed Karachi: The journalists, media persons, news anchors and the likes always enjoy legal privileges and certain immunities across the world as compared to the ordinary citizens of the State. The journalists all over the world are protected under media shield laws that allow journalists not to identify their sources. However, when […]
By: Ali Moeen Nawazish So much of our data is now online and available freely on the web. Data which ranges from professional to personal. Bank account details, where we work, our company profiles, our emails, personal messages, photos and even videos of us and our family are now all online. Whether this is on […]
By: Jahanzaib Haque “Instead of bringing us all together in an omnipresent, multifaceted discussion, the internet has made sectarianism an almost default position.” Author Patrick Ness said these troubling words at a recent writers’ conference in Edinburgh. What did he mean by these words? Those who have been regularly visiting The Express Tribune online and […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought a detailed report from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (Pemra) regarding steps taken by them to stop blasphemous material on internet. The counsels of the PTA and Pemra appeared before the court and sought more time to file […]
By: Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: Millions of dollars will be spent and services of our main spy agency will be used to check emails and curb blasphemous and obscene web sites on the Internet, the PTA’s top boss announced on Friday. A cyber security mechanism for monitoring purposes of voice and data communications has been devised […]
THIS is apropos of the letter ‘Social networking for noble causes’ (Sept 13), in which the writer has highlighted the importance of social networking in making a better society. But with the pros, come the cons. Since social networking is contemporary, especially among the youngsters, I would like to accentuate on the cause of ‘cyber-bullying’ […]
By: Farooq Tirmizi KARACHI: “The decision not to block access in Pakistan had to do with the way the company serves content to its Pakistani users,” says YouTube spokesperson. Pakistani users of video-sharing website YouTube are caught between an unstoppable force and an immovable object: the government of Pakistan refuses to unblock access to YouTube […]
The YouTube ban in Pakistan entered into its third week yesterday. Government had issued orders last month to impose a blanket ban on the video sharing website in response to a blasphemous, sacrilegious video that caused outrage and indignation among Muslims. Reportedly, this decision was taken after Google Inc., the parent company of YouTube, refused […]
By: Omar A Khan KARACHI: The ban on the very popular website YouTube continues in Pakistan. My question is that for how long will this remain? Surely, given the fact that millions of Pakistanis use this website daily, there should be some timeframe given by either the government or the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority which is […]
By: Tariq Ahmed Saeedi The back-to-back visits of Google Inc.’s top and mid level officials to Pakistan – Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt visited in June and other representatives came recently – led to talk in the country’s evidently unorganised information technology sector about the global internet behemoth gearing to make investments or open a data […]
By: Umar Cheema ISLAMABAD: A petition has been moved praying the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take a suo moto notice of the illegal activities of Google search engine in Pakistan and its subsidiary YouTube that uploaded a blasphemous video sparking violence and causing damage to the property worth millions. The petitioner has prayed directing […]
By: DR ALFRED CHARLES The federal government should lift the ban on YouTube. Many people, especially students, are suffering because of this ban. Some of these students seek YouTube help to complete their assignments. Would it not be better to educate people to inculcate self-discipline and self-control so that they restrain themselves from watching the […]
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