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Telenor Q3 results saved by SIM tax reversal in Pakistan
Telenor says its Q3 core earnings came in higher than expected due to a one-off gain in Pakistan following a court-directed reversal of the SIM tax provision. Read more…
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Pakistan calls on UN to investigate if India used Pegasus to spy on leaders
Pakistan called on the UN to investigate whether India used Pegasus spyware to spy on public figures including Prime Minister Imran Khan. Read more…
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Pakistan moves to bring cryptocurrency boom into the open
Pakistan has seen a boom in trading and mining cryptocurrency, with thousands of views of related videos on social media, online exchanges. Read more…
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Pakistan online fake ID merchant allegedly helped Russian operatives
Pakistani one of two founders of an online fake ID business that prosecutors say helped Russian operatives get a toehold in the US. Read more…
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Pakistan to block popular social media app TikTok after court order
Pakistan will block popular social media app TikTok after a court order, a spokesman for the country’s telecoms regulator said. Read more…
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Pakistani student’s five-second ‘Pawri’ video promoting dialogue goes viral
Pakistani student hopes her five-second ‘Pawri’ video went viral on social media will translate into more dialogue between India and Pakistan. Read more…
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Pakistan offers faster mobile download speeds than India
India may have a wider network footprint but mobile users in Pakistan get faster download speed, as per Ookla’s latest speedtest report. Read more…
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Pakistan blocks TikTok for failing to block ‘immoral and indecent’ content
Pakistan’s telecom regulator blocked TikTok for failing to filter out “immoral and indecent” content, another blow to the social media app. Read more…
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Pakistan blocks Tinder, Grindr for disseminating ‘immoral content’
Pakistan has blocked Tinder, Grindr and three other dating apps for not adhering to local laws, deemed to be disseminating “immoral content”. Read more…
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Pakistan issues ‘final warning’ to TikTok over ‘immoral content’
Pakistan’s telecommunications regulator issued a “final warning” to short-form video app TikTok over explicit content posted on the platform. Read more…
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Young women in Pakistan riding a digital wave in drive for better jobs
Joining a women-friendly technology boot camp is completely changing the lives and views on how women can work in conservative Pakistan. Read more…
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Now Pakistan aims to send astronaut into space
Pakistan said on Thursday it aims to send its first astronaut into space by 2022 and will begin selecting candidates next year. Read more…
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Inauthentic Facebook accounts in Pakistan and India removed
Facebook has removed 712 accounts and 390 pages in India and Pakistan because of “inauthentic behaviour” and spamming. Read more…
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AI chatbot ‘Raaji” offers health advice to rural women in Pakistan
To mark the UN’s International Day of Rural Women – which took place on Oct 15 – this article looks at the work of a female entrepreneur using AI technology in Pakistan to make a Read more…
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Central banks in India and Pakistan have had it with cryptocurrencies
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s central bank barred banks on Friday from having any links to virtual currency dealers, slashing the prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on local exchanges. Pakistan’s central bank said in a Read more…
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Telenor partners with Ant to expand financial services in Pakistan
Telenor Group announced it has reached a strategic partnership agreement with Ant Financial Services Group in Pakistan, under which Ant Financial will invest $184.5 million for a 45% stake in Telenor Microfinance Bank (TMB) to Read more…
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Edotco and DH Corp buy 13,000 towers in Pakistan for $940 million
Axiata Group subsidiary edotco has landed a deal to acquire approximately 13,000 towers in Pakistan from Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (PMCL) for $940 million in partnership with local investment conglomerate Dawood Hercules Corp (DH Corp). Read more…
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India and Pakistan targeted by sustained cyber espionage: Symantec
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Symantec, a digital security company, says it has identified a sustained cyber spying campaign, likely state-sponsored, against Indian and Pakistani entities involved in regional security issues. In a threat intelligence report that Read more…
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Facebook meets Pakistan minister to discuss blasphemy
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A senior Facebook official met with Pakistan‘s interior minister on Friday to discuss a demand the company prevent blasphemous content or be blocked. The meeting comes after a Pakistani counter-terrorism court sentenced Read more…
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Careem employs women drivers for its taxi-hailing service in Pakistan
KARACHI/LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taxi-hailing service Careem introduced women drivers in Pakistan on Wednesday, a rare initiative in a deeply conservative Muslim country where women account for only 22% of the workforce. Careem has a Read more…