ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The International submarine cable SEA-ME-WE 4 has experienced a fault in Arabian Sea, impacting internet services in the region including Pakistan. The restoration work has been initiated by the international consortium that manages the submarine cable systems. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) by virtue ofRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Qamar Ali Khan   GUEST WRITER ) Marketing has evolved. Older forms of advertising such as television ads, yellow page ads, and other print ads are facing stiff competition from digital media . Now, people have become very smart. They can skip the ad to continue with their activities. Today’sRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of United States on Wednesday assured Pakistani federal investigators of their complete assistance in the ongoing probe of Axact fake degree scam. An FBI delegation met with the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) team here in a first official contactRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Munawar Iqbal, Chairman Pakistan Computer Association (PCA), presiding over a meeting of the Association in Islamabad, has emphasized the need to rationalize the existing tax structure in the country to generate additional revenue in the government tax next. Meanwhile, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)Read More →

ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Top government advisers on Friday were divided over the final drafting of the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 and deferred its passage for the time being. In a meeting presided over by Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar, the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on InformationRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) The effective rate of sales tax and customs duty on computer sector would increase through rationalization of duties/taxes on import of computer equipment by bringing smuggled imports into the formal regime and reducing cost of legitimate importers. Munawar Iqbal, Chairman Pakistan Computer Association PCA, inRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) The Higher Education Commission (HEC) had initiated the procurement process for the Prime Minister’s Laptops Scheme (Phase-II) and some observations were raised by the Transparency International Pakistan in the procurement process. Most of the observations had already been addressed earlier, however to settle remaining observations,Read More →