As per details, PTA Chairman, Hafiz Rahman, briefed the Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by Syed Aminul Haque, on the matter. Syed Aminul Haq asked the PTA chairman to inform the public about the reasons for the disruption and whether a firewall system was in place. The PTA chairman explained that 7.5 terabits of […]
These centers aim to provide essential facilities to hardworking and skilled youth in smaller cities, helping them access digital opportunities, according to an official from the Ministry of IT. The E-Rozgar centers will be established in every district of the country. The distribution of these centers is based on the population of each province, as […]
Speaking at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat, the PTA Chairman Hafeezur Rehman said that only approved VPNs would function in Pakistan once the policy is implemented. This move comes after a significant surge in Virtual Private Networks usage in 2024, primarily to access the blocked social media platform X (formerly Twitter). […]
“We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices or less than one percent of all Windows machines,” it said in the blog. CrowdStrike has helped develop a scalable solution that will help Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure accelerate a fix, Microsoft said, adding that the tech giant had worked with both Amazon Web Services […]
Microsoft said separately it had fixed the underlying cause for the outage of its 365 apps and services including Teams and OneDrive, but residual impact was affecting some services. “This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed,” CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said in […]
Addressing a delegation of Swedish companies in Islamabad today, she mentioned that the Special Investment Facilitation Council is facilitating investment in diverse sectors. The Minister of State said digitization of the economy is the top priority of the present government. She said we have kicked off with the digitization of the Federal Board of Revenue. […]
Policymakers and the elite are seen as neglecting the country’s foundations while enjoying increasing privileges funded by the hard-earned income of the salaried class. It appears that the budget, seemingly prepared without benefiting any industry, is strangling the IT sector. Although the government allocated a budget of Rs79 billion for the IT sector, IT professionals […]
Pakistan’s IT and IT-enabled Services (ITeS) sector has been experiencing significant growth in its export performance recently. Between July 2023 and March 2024, the sector’s export remittances reached $2.283 billion, marking a substantial increase of 17.37% compared to the $1.945 billion recorded during the same period in the previous fiscal year. Several factors have contributed […]
The Digital Information Infrastructure Initiative’s implementation mechanism, which aims to safeguard cyberspace and lessen the dangers connected with cyberattacks, has not received clearance from the federal cabinet. Information and communication technology (ICT) research and development (R&D) funds of Rs5 billion have been allocated for the project as bridge finance. This is a one-time exception for […]
Leading IT businesses, diplomats, and local and international venture capitalists attended the inaugural opening of the Pakistan Startup Fund (PSF) by the Caretaker IT Minister, Dr. Umar Saif. With a total value of Rs. 2 billion, the fund seeks to boost venture capital investment in Pakistan and be a vital component of the nation’s economic […]
