ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue will frame the rules regarding online access to bank accounts till August 31. Sources told this correspondent that the purpose of framing these rules is to bring those people under the tax net who make huge transactions from the banks but did not submit returns of annual income. The […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s cash-strapped government has promised to sell 3G mobile telephone licences to raise revenue, match regional rivals and drive prosperity, but the process has been beset by delays. Even Afghanistan, Pakistan’s far less developed western neighbour with a weaker economy and more fragile state, has the technology. But Pakistani consumers struggle to transfer data […]
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has suggested to the Board of Investment (BOI) to organise international investors conference for establishment of first ever laptop assembling/manufacturing plant in Pakistan. After the government’s laptop scheme for students, Pakistan has become a potential market for this small computer. Moreover, development in information technology sector, demand of laptops […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will have its first ever laptop assembling plant soon which would strengthen the country’s indigenous capacity in laptop manufacturing and assembling, and also create job opportunities for skilled youth. The decision was taken during the third meeting for the implementation of the Prime Minister Youth Laptop Scheme held here on Tuesday under the […]
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has stressed the need for use of information technology for providing better services to the people. He said that the goal of national development and prosperity cannot be achieved without information technology; therefore, Punjab government is taking comprehensive measures for providing maximum services to the masses through utilising information technology. […]
NASIR IQBAL ISLAMABAD: The federal government informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that an amount of Rs62 billion had been lawfully transferred to the federal consolidated fund (FCF) from the universal services fund (USF) after necessary amendments to the relevant law. “The funds were placed from the Ministry of Information Technology-USF account to the FCF […]
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the Peshawar High Court on Thursday that in Sept last year, it had initially blocked around 2067 websites carrying a blasphemous movie, but due to excessive uploading of the movie it completely blocked a social media website, YouTube, on the order of the ministry of information technology (MoIT). […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology Ms. Anusha Rahaman held a meeting with a delegation of Telenor headed by Telenor senior Vice President Tore Johnsen on Tuesday. Delegation appreciated the various steps for creation of business friendly environment taken so for by the new Government in Pakistan. In the meeting, delegation negated all the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Defence has said that Pakistan and India should initiate a dialogue for a regional agreement to prevent cyber attacks in South Asia. “If Pakistan and India can have an agreement not to attack nuclear installations, then why not an agreement seeking the prevention of cyber warfare against each other,” […]
ISLAMABAD: After listening to the problems faced by the IT and telecom sector, Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rehman held a meeting with Pakistan Telecom Authority here on Wednesday to address the issues faced by the sector. In a meeting with the Minister, CEOs of telecom companies had raised several issues faced by […]
LAHORE: As the new pro-business government begins its tenure, P@SHA, the trade association representing the information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing sector, is hopeful that some key initiatives will be taken to ensure that the tech industry has the facilitation it needs to achieve phenomenal growth. Speaking at a board meeting in Lahore, P@SHA […]
By: Shahram Haq LAHORE: In a world where information technology is fast becoming a core requirement in managing the affairs of any government organisation or private corporation, Pakistan continues to lag far behind. A vast majority of businesses, industries and government organisations in the country are operating without deploying any certified IT standards. Even though […]
IT is unfortunate that some mobile phone networks have developed an underhand system to fleece customers of their money. They operate as follows: the post-paid bill reminders start coming by sms with increasing frequency as soon as 70 per cent of the amount taken in advance from the customer has been used up. Each reminder […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for IT Anusha Rahman has clarified that the PML-N government does not intend to block Google search engine website in Pakistan.In a statement she said: “We wish to have an effective and efficient mechanism – filters in place for blocking blasphemous contents before YouTube can be unblocked in Pakistan.” The News
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