Internet services suspended in parts of Balochistan: Ministry seeks countrywide VPNs blockage ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block illegal... Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:04am
Pakistan Mobile internet services suspended in certain parts of Balochistan: PTA The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday announced that mobile internet services in certain areas of... Updated 15 Nov, 2024 10:26pm
Print D-Chowk protest: Roads reopened, mobile, internet services restored ISLAMABAD: The situation remained relatively calm in the federal capital on Sunday, after intense clashes between... Updated 07 Oct, 2024 09:39am
Perspectives The pandemic boosted Pakistan’s freelancers, now internet disruptions are threatening their well-being As COVID-19 reshaped the world, Pakistan’s freelance economy didn’t remain immune to change. It evolved and did so... Published 09 Sep, 2024 08:31pm
Pakistan Pakistan govt begins VPN registration amid internet services disruption Expert says on days when services are blocked (election day, Muharram, etc) those with registered VPNs will not be impacted Updated 30 Aug, 2024 11:30pm
Pakistan Pakistan’s internet disruption could continue till early October due to ‘submarine cable fault’ PTA says fault occurred in two cables, one of which has been repaired Updated 28 Aug, 2024 08:48pm
Pakistan Internet disruption: Govt says it’s due to submarine cable fault ISLAMABAD: Amid admission of upgrading National Firewall System (NFS) in the country to monitor social media,... Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am
Pakistan IT minister dismisses reports govt throttling internet Shaza Fatima Khawaja says increasing usage of VPNs caused slower internet Updated 18 Aug, 2024 08:35pm
Technology MNCs planning to relocate from Pakistan amid Internet disruptions, says PBC The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s leading corporate advocacy platform, warned on Friday that many... Updated 16 Aug, 2024 08:20pm
Technology Sector’s competitiveness getting affected with internet disruptions: IT firm CEO Pakistan’s IT sector is grappling with severe internet disruptions that pose a significant threat to the country’s... Published 16 Aug, 2024 08:00am
Technology Ongoing internet disruption to ‘derail’ Pakistan economy, warns OICCI Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has warned that frequent internet disruptions in... Updated 15 Aug, 2024 08:29pm
Business & Finance PTA keeping mum: govt ramps up digital tracking? ISLAMABAD: The government has allegedly intensified efforts to monitor internet traffic and social media, which led... Published 13 Aug, 2024 07:02am
Pakistan Internet disrupted as fiber optic cable set on fire in Islamabad ISLAMABAD: The internet services affected in several cities including Islamabad and Peshawar on Tuesday after fiber... Updated 07 Aug, 2024 07:42am
Pakistan Internet services restored after disruption ISLAMABAD: Internet services went down on Wed-nesday across the country. The exact cause of the disruption could not... Published 01 Aug, 2024 06:06am
Pakistan Major IT outage disrupts banks, air lines, digital payments ISLAMABAD: A faulty update from cyber security provider, CrowdStrike, caused a significant global IT outage,... Published 20 Jul, 2024 05:34am
Pakistan Internet services suspended on security concerns ISLAMABAD: Keeping in view the deteriorating law and order situation and to mitigate potential security threats, the... Published 09 Feb, 2024 03:29am
Editorials Ensuring internet access on Election day EDITORIAL: It appears that the caretaker government may not have learnt much from the intense flak it received... Published 08 Feb, 2024 05:02am
Print MoITT not yet ready to launch Starlink internet services ISLAMABAD: Although Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has given a go-ahead to the Ministry of Information... Updated 11 Sep, 2023 09:42am
Pakistan Govt advises depts to use dark fibre for data communication ISLAMABAD: Federal government has declared ‘third party fiber optics’ for Internet services as insecure. The... Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am
Technology Satellites could beam poorest nations out of digital desert DOHA: Only a third of people in the world’s poorest countries can connect to the internet, the UN telecoms agency... Published 06 Mar, 2023 08:05am
Pakistan Unlicensed third parties: PTA takes serious notice of providing illegal internet services ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has taken serious note of providing illegal internet services... Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:58am
Pakistan All internet services restored: PTA ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday said that all internet services were restored... Published 01 Dec, 2022 05:47am
Pakistan Tharparkar, Gwadar: Rs1bn projects for mobile, Internet services ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque has said that his... Published 31 Oct, 2022 07:31am
Pakistan PTA says internet services now working normally in Pakistan Telecom regulator says fault that caused internet disruption has been repaired Published 23 Aug, 2022 01:49pm
Pakistan Internet services restored ISLAMABAD: Internet services, after several hours of suspension in central and northern parts of the country caused... Published 20 Aug, 2022 03:41am
Technology Activity on SMW4: Internet users to face downgraded speeds tomorrow ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has stated that a power reconfiguration activity on a... Updated 20 Apr, 2022 04:13pm
World Yemen's internet returns after air strike causes four-day blackout SANAA: Internet services returned to Yemen on Tuesday after a four-day outage caused by deadly coalition air strikes... Published 25 Jan, 2022 12:18pm
Pakistan Submarine cable fault slows down internet speed in Pakistan PTA says alternate measures to provide uninterrupted services to users have been taken Published 13 Jan, 2022 09:25pm
Pakistan Mobile phone, internet services: Ministry faces problems in some districts of Balochistan ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is facing administrative and security... Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am
Pakistan Minister for improving mobile networks, internet services ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque, on Wednesday, directed for improving... Published 02 Sep, 2021 04:21am