KARACHI: President of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Iftikhar Ahmed Vohra, while welcoming Pakistan Rangers Sindh’s warning to all mobile phone companies about the sale of unregistered/ illegal SIMs, reiterated KCCI’s six-year old demand to shut down all prepaid SIMs in one go and reissue them to subscribers’ postal addresses which would get […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, have warned all the mobile phone companies that their respective executives will be booked for terrorism if a phone connection sold in violation of set rules is found to have been used in any terror activity, it emerged on Monday. In a letter sent to the regional headquarters of Mobilink, […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China signed 25 commercial memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to promote bilateral cooperation in the IT sector after IT Forum held in Chinese city of Shenzhen. Fifteen of the MOUs were signed by the Pakistani private enterprises and 10 by the COMSATS IT delegation. This was the first-ever Forum of its kind held […]
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), under the directives of Interior Ministry, has started crackdown against illegal SIMs across the country. A spokesperson for the ministry said that action was being taken against all illegal telephone exchanges in the country. “In the first phase, 34 people were arrested and over 6,000 illegal SIMs were recovered […]
Emrys Schoemaker is a communications expert in the consequences of technology adoption in societies and democracies, particularly communication technologies such as mobile phones and social media. He is the Director and co-founder of iMedia Associates, a UK-based firm that specialises in supporting communication for social change in countries including Pakistan, Nigeria, and Afghanistan. Emrys is […]
Their names may sound funny but their financial consequences are not: “Phishing,” “smishing,” “vishing” and “pharming” are just a few of the ways criminals gain access to personal information via your computer or smartphone. If you’re not careful, identity thieves can use harvested information to open fraudulent bank or credit card accounts, take out loans, […]
ISLAMABAD: Technological revolution is bringing a paradigm shift in today’s world and if a nation wishes to develop and grow at a fast pace, it has to opt for latest technologies that are creating headways. These views were expressed by Panning Commission’s Governance, Innovation and Reform member Tahir Hijazi in a two-day international workshop titled […]
Internet and mobile banking have gained a lot of traction lately. As per SBP data, last year, in FY14, internet banking (IB) transactions grew by 80 percent in volume and 37 percent in value. Whereas mobile banking (MB) transaction jumped by 49 percent in volume and 148 percent in value. Some 17 million IB transactions […]
Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: An official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) surprised members of the parliamentary committee on electoral reform on Thursday, when he told them that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were just as prone to fraud — if not more so — as traditional polling methods. ECP’s Director General Information Technology Khizar […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Technology Anusha Rehman called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at PM House on Friday. The meeting focused on the matters related to the ministry. The minister apprised the PM about her ministry’s efforts for promotion of information technology in country.Later, Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Najam Sethi […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rahman on Tuesday stressed the need to devise a comprehensive cyber security policy, using a multi-stakeholder approach. Chairing a meeting of national-level cyber security response committee here she stated that the cyber security was an issue of global concern and countries were adopting cyber governance frameworks. Cyberspace […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for State for Information Technology and Telecommunications, Anusha Rehman on Sunday said successful auction of 3-G and 4-G spectrum licenses will usher an era of prosperity and development in the country adding that it will provide dividends to the people from all walks of life. Talking to NNI, she hailed that she had […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Computer Bureau (PCB) is engaged in ensuring capacity building of trainers to further train employees of Federal government on e-office system to cater optimum results. The Master trainers of the Bureau are imparting training to them as part of government’s plan to deploy e-office system in all Federal ministries soon. Sources at PCB […]
ISLAMABAD: The consultant hired for finalising the auction of 3G/4G licences will finalise its Information Memorandum (IM) within the first 10 days of the next month. The consultant has also been assigned to recommend the allocation of additional frequency for launch of 4G through upcoming auction which will increase revenues for the government. “The consultant […]
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