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ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Monday urged the government to withdraw taxes imposed on voice calls. A delegation of representatives from cellular service provider companies visited the chamber premises and met ICCI President Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan. They expressed concerns over the 75 paisa tax levy on voice calls that exceed the five minute duration in …

PARIS: Hackers were on Monday demanding $70 million in bitcoin in exchange for data stolen during an attack on a US IT company that has shuttered hundreds of Swedish supermarkets. Researchers believe more than 1,000 companies could have been affected by the attack on Miami-based firm Kaseya, which provides IT services to some 40,000 businesses around the world. The FBI …

WASHINGTON: As he prepares to blast off into a new career stage, Jeff Bezos leaves an enduring legacy after transforming Amazon from a modest online bookseller into one of the world’s most powerful corporations. Bezos, 57, was set to hand over the job of Amazon chief executive on Monday to Andy Jassy and turn his attention to his private space …

GUJRAT: The federal and Punjab governments will jointly provide funds for establishment of the University of Applied Engineering and Emerging Technologies (UAEET) in Sialkot. The Punjab government has provided a free-of-cost 500 acres piece of land near Sambrial for the project whose total estimated cost is Rs16.8bn. The federal and Punjab governments will provide half of the amount each for …

While a variety of side effects after receiving an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine may be a sign of the immune system kicking into high gear, a lack of such reactions does not mean it has failed to respond, researchers have found. They tested 206 hospital employees for antibodies against the coronavirus before and after receipt of the vaccine from Pfizer and …

Do you ever feel like mosquitoes bite you more than other people? There may be a scientific reason for that. We’re all probably familiar with the itchy red bumps that develop after we’re bitten by mosquitoes. Most of the time, they’re a minor annoyance that goes away over time. What attracts mosquitoes to certain people? A variety of factors can …

ISLAMABAD: Pressure is mounting on the government for the withdrawal of Federal Excise Duty (FED) on the cellular calls as the GSM Association that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide too has asked the finance minister to waive this new duty. Julian Gorman, GSMA’s head of Asia Pacific, said that the additional FED will have a negative impact …

The Sindh High Court ended the suspension of popular video-sharing application TikTok on Friday, three days after it ordered that public access to the app be blocked for “spreading immorality and obscenity” in the country. The court issued these directives while hearing a petition filed by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The PTA had contended in its plea that its version was …

ISDLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday stressed the need for strengthening cyber security of the country. Addressing the Convocation Ceremony at the National Defence University (NDU) the president said in the past, hundreds of thousands of innocent people were killed in Iraq based on the fake reports of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). “It is a fact that enmities …

TikTok on Thursday assured the growth of its local-language moderation capacity, diligence to take action on content in violation of community guidelines and cooperation with regulators in a statement issued by the popular social media app after orders for its suspension by the Sindh High Court (SHC) until July 8. The popular video-​sharing application said that the creativity and passion of its …