As per details, it has so far blocked over one hundred thousand blasphemous URLs and 844,008 obscene websites. In a separate development, the government of Pakistan started blocking unregistered Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in a firewall trial. The unregistered VPNs were blocked temporarily for white-listing. The sources within the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) termed unregistered […]
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 […]
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). […]
