ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) It has been clarified that Chairman Senate, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani is not having or operating any Twitter or any other social media account whatsoever and the accounts on Twitter operating in his name are fake. Senator Mian Raza Rabbani has taken serious notice ofRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Amazon just keeps finding ways to help your small business grow. The latest offering to emerge from the online retail giant is Amazon Chime, a new project from Amazon Web Services. It’s described as “a new unified communications service that makes meetings easier and more efficient than everRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Almost 100 US technology companies have filed a legal brief opposing President Trump’s ban on migration from seven Muslim-majority countries, arguing that it imposes significant burdens on the industry by preventing it from hiring talented migrants. Among the companies signing the filing, an amicus briefRead More →
RIYADH ( MEDIA REPORT ) Social media have led to “strange practices” such as the use of “fingertips instead of minds” to think, a Saudi religious leader said Friday in the Islamic kingdom where online platforms are used widely. “The nature of social media has given rise to strange practicesRead More →
RAWALPINDI ( BMZ REPORT ) The newly appointed army chief General Qamar Bajwa has no social media account, the ISPR clarified in a statement. Director General ISPR Asim Bajwa said that Gen Qamar Bajwa has zero presence on social media and all social media platforms accounts on his name areRead More →
RIYADH ( MEDIA REPORT ) Authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have arrested an Indian immigrant for allegedly disrespecting the Holy Kaaba by superimposing an image over that of the holy site’s on Facebook. The Riyadh Police Tuesday detained the man for placing an image over that of the HolyRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Chief Justice of Pakistan, Anwar Zaheer Jamali, directed the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) and Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to block fake pages and IDs that use his name on different social media sites. He asked the two law enforcement authorities to crack down on theseRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO ( MEDIA REPORT ) At least two successive waves of online attacks blocked multiple major websites Friday, at times making it impossible for many users on the East Coast to access Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, Tumblr, Reddit and other sites. The first attacks appear to have begun around 7:10 a.m.Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Media Commission appointed by the Supreme Court in its proposals has said that the Ministry of Information Technology and the PTA are jointly responsible for ensuring justice, balance, politeness and impartiality in web media and other kinds of social media without imposing any restrictions.Read More →
RAFIA ZAKARIA (GUEST WRITER ) LAST week, law-enforcement officials from the Federal Investigation Agency arrested an assistant professor at the University of Karachi. According to an FIR registered against him, he had made five fake Facebook profiles of a female colleague. The profiles had been created as early as 2015;Read More →
KARACHI ( TARIQ REPORT ) Like Zaid Ali T and Shaam Idrees, who have over four million likes on Facebook and more than 300,000 views on YouTube, any Pakistani man, woman or child can now have their own channel and make money from it on YouTube.com.pk. At a press conferenceRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Facebook, in a strange move, has unpublished the official Facebook page of Jamat-e-Islami, we have checked. According to early details, Jamat-e-Islami’s Facebook page had some 3.1 million likes but was suddenly removed by Facebook for reasons that are still not communicated to Jamat-e-Islami. Jamat-e-Islami officials, believe thatRead More →