Pakistan slips further in Press Freedom Index, down to 145th positionAccording to The News International, reporters Sans Frontiers has released the World Press Freedom Index 2021. According to its findings, t...
19 Dec, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
Pakistani court lifts ban on TikTokThe Sindh High Court (SHC) on June 28 had asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the telecom regulator, to suspend the Chine...
02 Jul, 2021, 05.59 PM IST
Pakistan court lifts ban on social media app TikTokLast October, the PTA blocked TikTok for similar reasons, but after 10 days it reversed its decision saying China-based ByteDance had agree...
02 Apr, 2021, 09.13 AM IST
Pakistan seeks to block US-based website of minority AhmadisHarris Zafar said Pakistan's Telecommunication Authority earlier this month issued a legal notice for him and fellow American Amjad Mahmood...
21 Jan, 2021, 08.50 PM IST
Pakistan lifts ban on TikTokThe PTA tweeted that "after assurance from the (TikTok) management that they will block all accounts repeatedly involved in spreading obsce...
19 Oct, 2020, 09.20 PM IST
Chinese firm ByteDance to reallocate resources if Pakistan unblocks TikTok"TikTok's mission is to inspire creativity and joy, and that's just what we've done in Pakistan. We've built a community whose creativity a...
18 Oct, 2020, 06.53 PM IST
No finding love online: Tinder, Grindr blocked in Pakistan in bid to control 'immoral' contentThe PTA said the ban addressed the "negative effects of indecent content".
02 Sep, 2020, 11.58 AM IST
Pak seizes smuggled Indian DTH worth Rs 7.83 cr in nation wide crackdownAccording to the report, in the absence of local DTH, the subscribers were opting for other illegal means, which include Indian DTH service...
08 Nov, 2018, 01.27 PM IST
Pak telecom authority threatens to ban TwitterTwitter has been warned by Pakistan's telecom authority that the micro-blogging site could be banned in the country for not complying with ...
16 Aug, 2018, 02.16 PM IST
Islamabad airport cancels flights due to internet cable faultA spokesman of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) said that alternative arrangements were being made to improve internet com...
06 Aug, 2017, 04.56 PM IST
Pakistan blocks India Today site for insulting Army chief?PTA, which is authorised to block 'offensive material' on the internet, could not be reached for confirmation on account of Eid holidays.
14 Sep, 2016, 09.29 PM IST
Pakistan blocks WordPress, outrage erupts onlineInternet users in Pakistan see a message, 'this website is not accessible' when trying to access blogs and sites hosted on wordpress.com.
23 Mar, 2015, 02.14 PM IST
Pakistan telecom regulator blocks over 2 million SIM cards due to security reasonsPakistan's telecom regulator authority has blocked over 2 million SIM cards under a campaign launched to authenticate details of mobile pho...
30 Jan, 2015, 02.03 PM IST
Twitter restores access to blasphemous material in PakistanTwitter said it had now dropped the ban because the watchdog had not followed up its initial requests with further documentation.
18 Jun, 2014, 06.04 PM IST
- Case against Facebook in Pakistan for blasphemous materials
Acting on the orders of a judge, police in the Pakistani capital have registered a case against social networking website Facebook for host...
22 May, 2012, 04.25 PM IST
- Pak blockage of Facebook, YouTube might increase traffic to these sites
Pakistan's blockage on wildly popular web-sites like YouTube and Facebook will likely have a reverse effect from the one desired by authori...
21 May, 2010, 04.13 PM IST
- After Facebook and Youtube, Pakistan blocks Twitter
After blocking Facebook and Youtube, Pakistani authorities on Friday further widened the crackdown on websites with blasphemous contents by...
21 May, 2010, 01.52 PM IST