Online oppression – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
THE government appears to be on some sort of mission to create regulatory bodies and introduce amendments to laws. Its recent plan to bring changes to Peca 2016, including the establishment of a new Digital Rights Protection Authority, shows how the state continues to prioritise control over real cybersecurity concerns. There is no mistaking it. […]
Parliament holds key to missing persons issue: SC – Pakistan
• Another 350 went missing after govt assurance to apex court on unlawful detentions, says amicus Faisal Siddiqui• Justice Afghan observes action only possible if those recovered are more forthcoming about their ordeal• SC judge hints at taking up 26th amendment ‘in due course’ ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday emphasised […]
IT industry ‘loses $1m’ due to one hour of net outage – Business
ISLAMABAD: The IT industry has claimed that one hour of internet outage or disruption results in a loss of more than one million dollars for the whole sector, including export businesses. In a media talk on Tuesday, Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@sha) Chairman Sajjad Mustafa Syed said authorities have acknowledged that Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) […]
Govt moves to curb social media use by terror outfits – Pakistan
• NAP body told over ‘200 terrorists’ killed in around 8,000 operations in Jan-Oct ; independent figures suggest this is a modest estimate• Ministry to enlist PTA to ensure terrorists can’t use online tools for nefarious purposes• Nacta to enhance coordination with provinces; security of Chinese citizens stressed ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to tighten […]