While acknowledging that government holds the ownership of the PTCL and the Ufone with majority of shares, the minister for IT & Telecom also accepted that the Ufone was not sharing its loss making balance sheet with the government. “The Ufone was operationally under Eitsalat therefore the government was not responsible for its constant loss…
The National Cyber Emergency Response Team of Pakistan (PKCERT) has issued advisory against phishing attacks and asked the citizens, to aware themselves against such online fraudulent activities. The advisory issued by PKCERT has said that a new phishing and spoofing attack campaign is actively targeting Pakistani citizens through fraudulent emails impersonating law enforcement authorities. The advisory…
Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Punjab Zone) has said that Sugar Industry appreciates and supports efforts of the Federal and Provincial Governments of providing cheapest sugar to domestic consumers in the holy month of Ramadan and would make discounted sugar available at Rs.130 through sale points to be established throughout the country. About current sugar prices,…
The government on Saturday reduced the prices of key petroleum fuel for the next fortnight up to the month of March.The prices of aviation fuels both used by the civilian airliners and the military crafts have declined too.With the reduction of Rs 1 the new price of petrol is Rs256.15 per litre.How were the prices…
New laws impose heavy fines and penalties even if elected governments are criticised
Unlike Canada and Mexico, China is ready for a tit for tat over the new war of the tariffs, initiated by the President Donald Trump. The Ministry of Commerce of China on Tuesday announced a 15 pc tariff on American coal and liquefied natural gas, as well as 10 pc on crude oil, farm equipment…
The GSMA has issued a paper criticising Pakistan over spectrum policy highlighted that the country has among the lowest spectrum in Asia Pacific region and rising cost of spectrum is unsustainable and poses a major threat to the future development of mobile services.The paper by the GSMA has highlighted that mobile network infrastructure was crucial…
As the government was striving for the rightsising of the loss making entities in various ministries the Board of Directors of Pakistan Engineering Company Limited (PECO), has sprung into action by approving five years of delayed financial accounts and its general body meeting has been called on February 17, 2025. The last annual general meeting…
While cybercrime complaints were regularly increase in the country, but the reporting was below expectations and the convictions were even far less.The National Assembly was informed over cybercrime complaints received in the last five years.The interior minister Mohsin Naqvi responded that 102,000 complaints were received by Cybercrime wing of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in 2020,…
Geneva– The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 report released today highlights the increasing complexity in the cyber landscape, which has significant implications for organizations and nations. This complexity arises from the rapid growth of emerging technologies, prevailing geopolitical uncertainty, the evolution of threats, regulatory challenges, vulnerabilities in supply chain interdependencies and the growing cyber skills gap….
