The Ministry of Maritime Affairs notified new rates for the export oriented cargoes at Port Qasim. In a major decision, port charges for export goods at Port Qasim has been reduced by 50 percent, reducing wharfage and transshipment containers. Minister for maritime affairs Junaid Anwar Chaudhary has said that the decisions have been made by…
Ufone claims all documents submitted The further actions over 5G spectrum auction is subjected to the Telenor –PTCL merger, and the matter was with the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), whereas the Commission blames the Ufone for not providing the relevant documents needed to finalise the merger decision. The minister for IT and Telecom Shaza…
Next target is focus on Digitisation of GB Government to make Islamabad a model digital city and the success will be replicated in other parts. Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, has announced on Monday that Islamabad will be transformed into a model digitally smart city. She highlighted that the Prime Minister…
As the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) faced global outage affecting several countries, including Pakistan, the telecom sector has clarified that the platform has not been blocked in the country. The downdetector has reported that there has been real-time overview of problems with Twitter. The users cannot log in or send tweets.The Downdetector is…
Possibly to avoid harsh US tariff -Alibaba.com, has launched online logistics services to assist Pakistani exporters for international trade processes. As the cross-border e-commerce continues to grow new opportunities are present for Pakistani small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to participate in global trade. The leading platform for global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce, has offered the Pakistani…
Key exporters of processed tobacco flakes are PMI and PTCL.
The Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT), while deciding the appeals filed by the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) and its member mills, has remanded the case to the Competition Commission of Pakistan’s (CCP) for a fresh hearing. In its short order, the Tribunal directed that the matter be reheard by either the Chairperson or any other…
While the auto sector has pleaded that they were already overtaxed, the ministry of Industries and Production has maintained that the automotive industry has not been fulfilling their earlier commitments. At the same time Industry leaders have warned the government that they were crossing Red Line on way to destroy the auto sector. Chairing a…
GSMA Report has lauded the telecos and the telecom sector regulator for the improvements. The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2025, released by the GSMA, Wednesday has said that in South Asia, the gender gap in mobile internet adoption in 2024 remained relatively unchanged at 32 percent with 330 million women in the region still not…
The Telenor Group has expressed concerns over the prolonged delays in the proposed sale of its Pakistani operations to Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), while the delay was leading to continual decline in the customer base of Telenor Pakistan In the first quarter report of current calendar year released in Norway, Telenor International has said…