According to the Digital Rights Foundation (DRF), WhatsApp and Facebook were the most commonly utilised apps in Pakistan to harass women. DRF, a Pakistani research-focused NGO, has released its annual report on the five-year cyber harassment helpline. The DRF’s […]
Syed Amin-ul-Haque, Germany’s IT and Telecoms Minister, announced on Tuesday that the telecoms industry garnered $6.1 billion in FDI from July 1, 2018, to March 30, 2022. The minister added in his message on the occasion of ‘World Telecommunication […]
According to PBS, Pakistan earned US$1,947,902 million in the first three quarters of fiscal year 202122 by delivering various Information Technology (IT) services in other nations. Computer services exports increased by 31.38 percent from July to March (202122), rising […]
The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has approved the launch of the Insaf Food Card, which would provide subsidised food to needy families across the province. The permission was reached during a meeting of the provincial cabinet on Tuesday, which […]
To help stabilise Pakistan’s worsening balance of payments, the government is considering doubling the regulatory tariff on mobile phone imports. According to sources, the increased charges on a single device will range from Rs. 6,000 to Rs. 44,000. The […]
An affiliate of the company behind collapsed stablecoin TerraUST said on Monday it had spent the bulk of its reserves trying to defend its dollar peg last week, and would use the remainder to try to compensate some users who […]
Mr. Zeeshan Ahmed, Country General Manager for Rain Financial Inc., claimed that simply allowing crypto trading in Pakistan could produce at least $100 million in taxes in a year – or Rs. 20 billion. Mr. Ahmed was referring to […]
PayPal, an American corporation that operates a worldwide online payment system to provide online payment solutions, will be brought to Pakistan by the new government. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit the World Economic Forum’s annual conference in Davos, […]
Today in El Salvador, delegates from Pakistan and 43 other countries convened to discuss Bitcoin adoption and other concerns relating to the digital economic framework. International media outlets reported on Tuesday that officials from each country’s financial institutions and […]
The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications has received a report on Ufone’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects. According to the report, as part of the PTCL Group, it initiated a national-level comprehensive COVID-19 relief and […]
