
Pakistan is third in the world for new internet restrictions
Pakistan was third in the world in new internet restrictions in the first half of 2023, with three recorded cases, already the same number as in all of 2022. Read more…
Pakistan was third in the world in new internet restrictions in the first half of 2023, with three recorded cases, already the same number as in all of 2022. Read more…
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…
Pakistan called on the UN to investigate whether India used Pegasus spyware to spy on public figures including Prime Minister Imran Khan. Read more…
Pakistan has seen a boom in trading and mining cryptocurrency, with thousands of views of related videos on social media, online exchanges. Read more…
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…
Pakistan will block popular social media app TikTok after a court order, a spokesman for the country’s telecoms regulator said. Read more…
Pakistani student hopes her five-second ‘Pawri’ video went viral on social media will translate into more dialogue between India and Pakistan. Read more…
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…
Pakistan’s telecom regulator blocked TikTok for failing to filter out “immoral and indecent” content, another blow to the social media app. Read more…
Pakistan has blocked Tinder, Grindr and three other dating apps for not adhering to local laws, deemed to be disseminating “immoral content”. Read more…
Pakistan’s telecommunications regulator issued a “final warning” to short-form video app TikTok over explicit content posted on the platform. Read more…
Joining a women-friendly technology boot camp is completely changing the lives and views on how women can work in conservative Pakistan. Read more…
Pakistan said on Thursday it aims to send its first astronaut into space by 2022 and will begin selecting candidates next year. Read more…
Facebook has removed 712 accounts and 390 pages in India and Pakistan because of “inauthentic behaviour” and spamming. Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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