Pakistan spying on millions of citizens through mass surveillance systems: ReportAmnesty International's report reveals that Pakistani authorities are employing mass surveillance tools acquired from foreign companies to ...
09 Sep, 2025, 06.59 PM IST
Pakistan looks to formulate stricter regulations for foreign satellite operatorsPakistan is set to introduce new rules for satellite internet firms. This move follows recent global conflicts. Authorities aim to boost se...
12 Jul, 2025, 10.55 AM IST
Fault in optic fiber network causes massive internet outage in Pakistan: Officials“Technical fault in the PTCL optic fiber network caused by heavy rains and flooding has been repaired and internet services have been resto...
19 Aug, 2022, 05.30 PM IST
Pakistan's amended social media rules fuel tensions with internet companiesInternet companies in Pakistan have protested against the government's amended social media rules once again. AIC Managing Director Jeff Pa...
29 Jun, 2021, 10.32 AM 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 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
Internet services disrupted for hours in Pakistan, flights cancelledInternet services were restored after the 38-hour-long disruption caused by a fault in the India-Middle East-Western Europe submarine cable...
06 Aug, 2017, 07.36 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
US faces trade barriers from India, China in telecom sectorThe US is facing a number of trade barriers in the telecommunication sector from India and China, a top Obama administration official said.
05 Apr, 2014, 11.12 AM IST
Pakistan govt in talks with Google to localise Youtube: MinisterThe world's largest videos sharing website was blocked in the country in September last year on the orders of then Prime Minister Raja Perv...
11 Dec, 2013, 03.56 PM IST
Pakistan ban on YouTube stays even after one yearIt was September 17, 2012 when then PM Raja Pervez Ashraf ordered Information Ministry to block YouTube in Pakistan.
17 Sep, 2013, 04.30 PM IST
- Pakistan's new IT minister Anusha Rahman Khan warns Google over objectionable material
Pakistan banned YouTube last year. The ban was lifted for a few hours in December before being reinstated following protests from right win...
09 Jun, 2013, 11.07 AM IST
- Etisalat, Airtel launch fibre optic cable from India to Europe
UAE-based telecom major, Etisalat, has launched a high capacity fibre optic submarine cable in collaboration with eight other global teleco...
29 Dec, 2010, 03.24 PM IST
- China to build and launch Pakistan's first satellite
Pakistan proposes to build and launch its first communication satellite with Chinese help, in an apparent effort to catch up with its neigh...
18 Oct, 2008, 04.47 PM IST
- Etisalat second Gulf telco to invest in India
Etisalat picking a 45% stake in Swan Telecom marks just the second instance of an operator from the Middle East entering the Indian wireles...
24 Sep, 2008, 02.15 AM IST
- Bharti helps boost SingTel mobile subscriber base
Bharti added a record number of mobile subscribers in the last quarter, helping to boost Singapore Telecommunications' (SingTel's) regional...
04 Feb, 2008, 04.02 PM IST