PRESIDENT FOR BRINGING COUNTRY’S IT SECTOR AT PAR WITH EUROPEAN, US STANDARDS ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) President Dr Arif Alvi has urged the need to bring the country’s IT sector at par with European and US standards besides ensuring data security. He emphasized the need for one window operationsRead More →
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook have all gone down in a major outage. LAHORE ( Web News ) The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – all completely stopped working shortly before 5pm. Other products that are part of the same family ofRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque has said the government is committed to reduce digital divide between rural and urban communities and focuses on youth empowerment and gender equality. The Federal Minister for IT was addressing the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO)Read More →
Wateen Telecom partners with Punjab Group of Colleges to provide Managed SD-WAN Connectivity Services LAHORE ( Web News ) Wateen Telecom Limited, the leading ICT company with a national presence, has partnered with Punjab Group of Colleges (PGC) to provide Managed SD-WAN Connectivity. The partnership was signed in Lahore at WateenRead More →
KABUL ( JAVED MAHMOOD ) Afghan Taliban militants stand with residents as they took to the street to celebrate ceasefire on the second day of Eid in the outskirts of Jalalabad on June 16,2018. Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces hugged and took selfies with each other in restive easternRead More →
KARACHI ( Web News ) Personal data is something that must be protected so that it will not be misused by others that will harm us. However, when using social media, we inevitably provide our data such as date of birth, email, and phone number, as a condition for registeringRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) data centre that weathered a vicious cyber-attack over the weekend has been restored to full health and all the data stored there remains safe, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said, adding the system is now fully operational. “Yes the systemRead More →
FBR experts are retrieving data and working with Microsoft to restore tax-record and online servicess ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Website and online services of the Federal Board of Revenue have become inaccessible after hackers attacked the FBR’s network. On Saturday, the nation was celebrating Independence Day while unknown hackersRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) The Universal Service Fund (USF) has awarded contract worth approximately PKR 555 million to Telenor for providing High Speed Mobile Broadband services in Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi and Charsadda districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Syed Amin Ul Haque andRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), national flagship carrier in the country and PAKSAT, the national satellite company have announced the signing of a strategic partnership to develop and deliver state-of-the-art integrated satellite services in addressing the ever-evolving national needs of private and public sector inRead More →
KARACHI (WEB DESK) The Rangers technical team and the FIA cyber crime wing has arrested a most wanted accused involved in theft from bank accounts, ARY News reported on Sunday. The Rangers and the cyber crime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency arrested accused Mohammad Asif from the city’s OrangiRead More →
The rewards are being offered under the State Department’s Rewards for Justice programme. ISLAMABAD ( JAVED MAHMOOD ) The US State Department will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of anyone engaged in foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical US infrastructure including ransomware attacks andRead More →