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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…
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…