Pakistan

Web Desk — UK’s Teesside University has opened its regional office in Lahore. Noted career counselor and education consultant Syed Abidi has been appointed as Teesside University’s regional director for Pakistan. Dr. David Bell, Teesside University Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), said in his video message, that Teesside University was a global university committed to providing an outstanding learning experience to students through …

Web Desk— Praising the Sindh government’s efforts to curb corona virus, the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) announced that the province will lift its 9-day long lock down on August 9. Chairman NCOC Asad Umar chaired a joint session also attended by chief minister Murad Ali Shah and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan. The …

Web Desk — How Abdul Qayyum Niazi happened to be able to become the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister? Abdul Qayyum Niazi has taken oath already but still, this question is commonly asked. According to a report published in the Daily Jang, some stalwarts of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) gave an interesting answer when they were asked the same …

Web Desk — Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided to form a new cybersecurity agency in the country to stop threats from cyber intruders. The decision was taken as a precautionary measure to respond to the reports that India employed digital spyware (Pegasus) created by the Israeli penetration firm NSO to hack PM Imran Khan’s phone. The decision to form …

Web Desk — Are you being spied on? Is your mobile phone under observation? Everybody wants answers to these questions after a scandal unearthed that Israeli intelligence agencies were using spyware called Pegasus to hack the cellphones of journalists and activists worldwide. We don’t but experts know how to find pegasus software in a mobile phone? Cybersecurity expert David Balaban …

Web Desk — Chinese smartphone manufacturing companies have shown interest for launching cheap 5G-enabled smartphones in Pakistan. These companies have already done successful 5G tests in 2019. Realme and Oppo Mobile are ready to set up production units in Pakistan for the latest 5G-enabled phones at affordable prices. For Pakistan it is high time to introduce the 5G technology to …

Lahore: (Web Desk) The popular video-sharing application TikTok is once again open in Pakistan as The Sindh High Court has ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to unblock it. The court gave this order after the internet and telecommunication regulator assured the court to address the complaint of a petitioner by July 5. Justice Kauser Sultana of the Sindh High …

LAHORE: (Web Desk) Sindh High Court (SHC) banned on Monday the video sharing app TIKTOK across Pakistan with immediate effect. The petitioner’s lawyer while presenting his arguments in the court, said Peshawar High Court had earlier banned TikTok as some videos uploaded on the platform are “immoral and against the teachings of Islam.” The lawyer said his client had approached …

LAHORE: (Web Desk) Prime Minister Imran Khan once again reiterates Pakistan’s stance of not giving its military bases to United States for keeping an eye on Afghanistan. In an opinion piece in Washington Post, the premier offered US partnership for peace in Afghanistan but made it clear that Pakistan will not host US bases to avoid risking further conflict. According …

LAHORE: (Web Desk) Inspector-General Punjab Police Inam Ghani says police will treat Aziz ur Rehman as a “test case” and that the investigations will be conducted on scientific bases to get the culprit convicted by the court. “We have been able to arrest this criminal. We will take it as a test case, interrogate him, conduct scientific professional investigation, prosecute …