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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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Features
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…
Off the Wire
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…