Category: Pakistan

The online game Players’ Unknown Battle Ground (PUBG) will remain blocked in Pakistan, announced the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Friday. In a statement released on the microblogging website, the country’s telecommunication and internet regulator said it reached the decision to keep the game banned after a detailed hearing conducted at the PTA premises on July 9 […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said it would implement the July 17 verdict of International Court of Justice (ICJ) and provide consular access to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav. Foreign Office Spokesperson Ayesha Farooqui at a weekly press briefing said Pakistan, in the spirit of upholding the ICJ decision, had twice granted consular access to Jadhav besides […]

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Munir Akram was on Thursday unanimously elected to head the the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the world body’s economic arm, for the term 2020-2021. Ambassador Akram has been elected as the president of the 54-Member ECOSOC, which is the third principal organ of the UN, along with the […]

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed expressed anger over the lack of preparedness by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in its response to the apex court in a suo motu case regarding Pakistan’s response to COVID-19. The top court asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to take notice of the management authority. A five-member […]

KARACHI: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee has announced that the Zilhajj moon has not been sighted anywhere in the country, therefore, Eid ul Adha in Pakistan will be observed on August 1 (Saturday). The committee’s meeting to sight the Zilhajj moon was held in Karachi with Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman in the chair. Meetings of the […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Tuesday announced to impose smart lockdown in Rawalpindi, Gujrat, Gujranwala and Sialkot till July 27 as cases continue to rise. According to a notification issued by the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) under the Punjab Infectious Diseases Ordinance 2020 about the lockdown, “controlled entry and exit” will be observed […]

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Monday issued a final warning to China-owned short-form mobile video platform TikTok and blocked live-streaming application Bigo over complaints of “immoral, obscene and vulgar content” and “extremely negative effects”. In a press release issued late Monday, the PTA said it had received a “number of complaints … from […]

ISLAMABAD: The promotion of modern education is a top priority of the government, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday, as he directed for the formulation of a mechanism on priority basis to ensure the provision and easy accessibility of Internet facility to the students and removal of all issues in this regard. According to a […]

All Karachi Cable Operators Association on Monday shut cable Internet and TV cable for two hours from 7pm to 9pm as a token strike against the K-Electric’s high-handedness. As people expressed outrage over blocked access to the online world, a private Internet service provider intimated its customers through e-mail of the K-Electric’s “highly irresponsible and […]

LAHORE: The National Command and Operations Centre finalised the Standard Operating Procedures on Monday regarding the cattle markets and smart lockdown in several places of the country ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. In today’s meeting presided over by NCOC chairman Asad Umar, the session was briefed that the plan for congregational prayers will be the same as […]