WASHINGTON ( MEDIA ) The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to end the NSA’s dragnet collection of telephone data from millions of Americans, a controversial program revealed in 2013 by former security contractor Edward Snowden. The USA Freedom Act is seen as a big win for privacy andRead More →
PESHAWAR ( MEDIA ) A three-day International information technology conference “Digital Youth Summit 2015” opened in the provincial capital on Thursday. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board organized the moot in collaboration with the World Bank and other partner organizations. “The main objective of the conference is to bring togetherRead More →
LONDON ( MEDIA ) A 6-year-old British Pakistani boy has become the youngest MS Office professional by passing the Microsoft certification in MS Office 2013. Muhammad Humza Shahzad, who lives in London’s East Croydon, scored 757 while the required score is 700. Humza Shahzad’s parents – Asim Shahzad and SeemabRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Federal Minister for Defence Production, Science and Technology, Rana Tanveer Hussain has said that information technology is playing a vital role in today’s world and if a nation wishes to progress at a fast pace, it has to opt for latest technologies. The government isRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) National Technology Group (NTG) of Saudi Arabia held a seminar at a local hotel in Islamabad which was attended by Minister of IT, MD PSEB, senior management of NTG, Ministry of IT, and PSEB, and many executives of IT companies in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. TheRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The NSA has the greatest surveillance capabilities that we’ve ever seen in human history. What they will argue is that they don’t use this for nefarious purposes … That’s something like saying ‘I have a gun pointed at your head, but I’m not going toRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) According to a spokesperson of the Ministry of IT & Telecom, criticism from some corners on Prevention of Electronic Crimes (PEC) Bill as reported in certain media reports is totally misconceived and based on poor understanding. He added that it was unfortunate that the bill wasRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The latest addition to Huawei’s feature-rich and user-friendly, P-Series smartphones are the Dual SIM, P8 and the P8 max. The beautiful P8 max boasts; 4G technology with a larger 6.8-inch screen, longer battery life, elegant metal ID design, a unique camera and extraordinary light paintingRead More →
The draft Bill in its current form will seriously impact the Internet users, ICT industry, print and electronic media. Joint Action Committee. Checks and balances on investigation agencies and officers have been removed ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) The Government of Pakistan has submitted the Prevention of Electronic Crimes BillRead More →
The new clauses deny the freedom of expression to the citizen – Mr. Ibrahim Qureshi, President, APBF The internet users in the country can be fined or even imprisoned for some very minor cyber-offenses Moit has added some very harsh and unfair clauses in the bill, without taking any inputRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) This is to notify you that we have received planned maintenance activity notification from both of our international upstream service providers. The activity is planned to be conducted on 12th April, 2015 from 0300 PKT to 2100 PKT during which internet service degradation is expected.Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) In order to review the implementation of IT & Telecom related provisions of National Action Plan (NAP), a meeting was convened at Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom (MoIT). The meeting was chaired by the Minister of State for IT Ms. Anusha Rahman. Secretary ITRead More →