ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The cellular phone operators have challenged the order of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to stop all night call package in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). Paper says that all operators jointly submitted a writ petition in Islamabad High Court, saying that there is no telecom law that regulate contentRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) Telecom authority’s finance member Nasar-ul-Karim Gaznavi was not proven guilty for more than 7 billion rupee financial scam and misuse of power. Such allegations were said to be baseless. The committee filed a report headed by Saud Gohar to the cabinet division regarding the allegations against Nasar-Ul-KarimRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed mobile phone companies to immediately discontinue the late night packages, said a PTA statement on Tuesday. The reason given is that such packages run counter to the social norms and values of the country. “We have received a number of complaintsRead More →
Islamabad (MEDIA) Ministry of Information Technology has reinitiated forensic audit of the tenure under sacked CEO Universal Fund Riaz Asher Siddiqui whose appointment was also questioned by the Auditor General of Pakistan. Well-placed sources told Online that former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani appointed Siddiqui as the Chief Executive OfficerRead More →
KHARACHI (MEDIA) A gang of swindlers involved in defrauding citizens across Pakistan of Rs270 million by offering attractive benefits through the Internet was busted on Tuesday by Quaidabad police. The police also seized laptops, Internet devices and mobile phones used in the massive fraud. Bilal Khalid Shafi, a resident ofRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf directed the Universal Service Fund (USF) to further accelerate the pace of providing digital services in the un-served and under-served areas of the country to reduce the digital divide between the urban and rural areas. The Prime Minister issued these instructions while presidingRead More →
Islamabad (MEDIA) The Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan has ordered PTA to block the access of all anti-Islamic blasphemous videos on YouTube, including recently launched anti-Islamic film that has sparked protests across the Muslim world. Pakistan Telecom Authority was called in by the honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan to briefRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) Embarrassed by a news item published in Jang and The News on 3 September 2012, Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has ordered immediate unblocking of its anti-chairman web site, www.farooqawanexposed.com and http://www.facebook.com/#!/3Gcorruption. In an email order dated 3 September 2012 addressed to all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) of the country, PTARead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued a Policy Note to the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) recommending the withdrawal of the Directive dated 13 August 2012 issued by the MOIT proposing establishment of international clearing house exchange for international incoming callsRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has ordered all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block numerous scandalous internet sites, specifically the audio recording of a sensual conversation between two sitting parliamentarians. The footage of a press conference in which a lady TV artist claimed that she and a manRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Nasrul Karim Ghaznavi Reinstated as Member Finance at PTACabinet Division, with the approval of Prime Minister of Pakistan, has issued the notification for the restoration of Mr. Nasrul Karim Ghaznavi as member finance at Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, we have confirmed with sources at regulatory headquarters. Mr. Ghaznavi wasRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Appointed as Member of Telecom Authority after this appointment authority is completed and the next step is select chairman of authority. Farooq Ahmad Awan is being considered to be the best possible choice for the post. But to be selected he will have to resign from his postRead More →