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ISLAMABAD: While mobile data services were restored late on Friday night, access to key social media platforms remained restricted a day later, as the interior ministry is yet to allow access to those platforms. As violent protests broke out following the arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, the government pulled the plug on mobile internet on May 9 and blocked Twitter, Facebook and YouTube …

ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has developed National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform coupled with an SMS verification service to help citizens and institutions identify and track individuals convicted of sex crimes against children and women. It is a dynamic database of sexual convicts. The links are established with various law enforcement departments and provincial governments so …

A day after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had announced restoring mobile broadband services, social media platforms still remained inaccessible on Saturday, according to Reuters and user reports. On May 9, the regulatory authority had suspended mobile broadband and restricted access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube on the interior ministry’s instructions in the wake of violent protests sparked by PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest. The decision was …

ISLAMABAD: A few hours after Interior Minis­ter Rana Sanaullah on Friday proclaimed to keep the internet blocked “till the arrest of miscreants who set fire to people’s houses,” mobile data services and the suspended social media platforms were restored. The services, which have been suspended since violent protests broke out following the arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan on May 9, were …

Twitter Inc on Thursday allowed users who subscribe to its Blue verification feature an early access to its encrypted messaging service. The social media platform, owned and run by Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, said the service was now available to verified users who have the latest version of the app installed. A Twitter Blue subscription, which has now …

MOUNTAIN VIEW (California, US): Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday unveiled more artificial intelligence in its products to answer the latest competition from Microsoft Corp, which has threatened its perch atop the nearly $300 billion search advertising market. Through an internal project code-named Magi, Google has looked to infuse its namesake engine with generative AI, technology that can answer questions with …

ISLAMABAD: Citizens and businesses have urged the government to restore mobile data services, insisting that its absence was leading to great economic costs, affecting millions of citizens who have come to rely on the internet for everything from earning a living to paying bills to buying groceries. The government suspended internet services on Tuesday after PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest …

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Tuesday confirmed that it had suspended mobile broadband across the country on the interior ministry’s instructions. Meanwhile, Netblocks, an organisation that tracks internet outages, said access to Twitter, Facebook and Youtube was restricted across Pakistan amid PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest earlier today from the Islamabad High Court’s premises in the Al-Qadir Trust case. The organisation further …

KARACHI: Pakistan has one of the lowest internet speeds in the world, while a huge chunk of the population still lacks access to the internet, said a new report on the digital landscape and human rights in the country on Monday. The report prepared by Bytes for All, Pakistan, a prominent digital rights organisation, stated that while Pakistan has made some gains …

A comprehensive report that explored in detail the complex relationship between human rights and information and communication technologies in Pakistan in 2022 was launched on Monday, with its findings highlighting that the country remained among the world’s worst performers in terms of internet access and digital governance. The report, titled ‘Pakistan’s Internet Landscape 2022’, was authored by Chief Digital Strategist and …