By Naveed Ul Haq ISOC Pakistan While living in today’s world of technological modernization where humans and devices are in continuous interaction with each other, Internet evolved as a unique innovation that now has became a necessity. This evolution didn’t happen overnight, it has an historic link with ARPANET (a defense based project initiated...
Few days back, I was searching for a website which happens to be about IT and Telecom – somehow I found it, and was greeted with music, which I first thought would be intro music, but not really, it was LIVE streaming of FM radio channel. Although, I first heard the term called “Internet radio” back in 2000 when I was working with Radio Pakistan...
There are as many as 12. Million mobile connections that do not exist anymore (are blocked) since the launch of the new “SIM Information System 668″ two weeks ago, reported Daily Time quoting high official from Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Subsequently, the data of around 0.813 million subscribers has been rectified by the relevant...
The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007 requires serious revisions before it is passed by the Parliament, a unanimous conclusion emerged out of a PILDAT Legislative Forum on the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007 that was held yesterday. The Forum included as its speakers Mr. Ejaz Khan, techno-legal expert and Partner Aqlaal Advocates,...
A student has been arrested from Okara for sending indecent SMS to Rehman Malik – he was reportedly shouting at minister against this new SMS/MMS/Email law, reported PkOnWeb Blog. This news was further confirmed by FIA officials, which are already on their toes. A senior officer at law enforcement agency said that the directive has been there, all...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has once again stressed cellular companies to avoid hidden charges and directed them strictly to aware customers with exact charges plus other conditions, reported Daily Times today, in a detailed report with several segments of PTA’s directions. Below given is given the excerpt from this report The PTA directives...
A meeting of Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications was held on Wednesday in Parliament House to discuss the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance, 2008 (Ordinance No LXXII of 2008). The committee thoroughly discussed various sections of the Draft Bill and observed that provisions of the Bill were in overlapping with...
Fatima Bhutto fears that she could be liable for prosecution for her writings criticizing the government, under the ‘prevention of electronic crimes ordinance’ introduced in the shape of a bill before the parliament recently. Writing in the Guardian on Thursday, Miss Bhutto said Pakistan’s ‘so-called democratic government’ had introduced the...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has not issued LDI license to CMPak, despite its approval from Cabinet Division and Policy Directive from Ministry of Information and Technology. Apparently the authority is reluctant to issue the license due to Government’s understanding with Etisalat, under which Pakistan can’t issue any LDI license to anyone,...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has apparently not questioned Mobilink’s recent promotion, in which it has offered its entire prepaid base off-net rates same as of on-net. We have discussed this before that through a recent promotion Mobilink’s Jazz One Package holders can make off-net calls as low as Rs. 1 plus tax per minute which is even...
People in Pakistan are getting aware of the fact that their Mobile number ownership is important, and it must be in their name in order to avoid un-desired problems for any reason. So if you are still using a SIM without registration, make sure that you register it immediately, given that the process is very simple. Check Current Owner’s name of SIM? To...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has issued a show cause notice to Telecard for not complying with the rules by providing incorrect information to authority. Show cause notice said that Telecard did not provide any international incoming traffic details to PTA from October 2007 September 2008; while according to APC rules it is explicitly told that...
Cyber Crime law, that re-emerged few days back, in shape of presidential order (despite, there is a parliament available, I am unable to comprehend what urgency was there that President had to put forward this ordinance, anyway, its not part of our discussion), we need to fully understand this law. Because, it can be really very crucial for us, as the...
This news report that appeared in “Daily Times” today (November 7th, 2008) – appears to be another interesting outcome of Government; as this “Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance” is effective from September 29, however, the government just got late in announcing it. Don’t get worried, my readers, In fact this story is not...
It is reported that District Consumer Court Judge Syed Maruf Ahmed Ali ordered PTCL to refund Rs 4,300 along with the cost amounting to Rs 10,000 to the petitioner within 10 days on an suit case filed by Muhammad Jamshed Rana under Punjab Consumer Protection Act, 2005, for the recovery of PTCL bill payments he made with the cost of suit – He had...
