The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has clarified recent media reports regarding the blocking of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The PTA emphasized that any such blocking is conducted lawfully under the direction of the Government of Pakistan and within the established legal framework.
PTA said VPNs can be whitelisted through an automated process available on the PTA and Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) websites. This process aims to promote and protect IT services and online businesses in the country, ensuring that legitimate users can continue their operations without disruption.
The regulator’s comment comes after chairman Major General (R) Hafeez Rahman on Thursday told the Senate Standing Committee on IT & Telecom that PTA has commenced the whitelisting of VPNs to prohibit unauthorized services from functioning in the country.
He also said at the time that VPNs could be blocked altogether across the country but such a step would hurt businesses.
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pta fully controlled by military. retired general is pta chairman. by the way vpn cannot be blocked unless enormous resources are used to detect and block . even china failed
China didn’t fail . China created it’s own internet space
No anti state propaganda should be allowed in state internet. jitna gand fauji ghulam ne machaya kisi ne nahi kia
FA pass gadhon say or koi umeed nahi hay, sara IT ka nizam VPN say chalta hay, sary remote workers bahir ki companies kay private servers say connect karnay kay liay VPN istamal kartay hain. Prime time to leave Pakistan forever and do not send back any remittance.
To Bhai PTA Portal pe ja k registration krein and use VPN legally
VPN block krne ka Kya faida? Bewakoof loggo VPN kabi block nai ho sakta, 2-4 Apps block krne ka Kya faida, log proxies ka use krlenge 1000s videos pari YouTube pe. Proxies kese block kroge? Trillions of IP addresses Hain. It’s a 100% Failed project unless data center me Ai ka use kre.