ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) was chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif via video link from High Commission for Pakistan, London today. All other members of the Council who attended the meeting were present in the Prime Minister Office, Islamabad. The PrimeRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) On the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day a ceremony took place here in Islamabad to distribute the certificates and gifts among the participants of computer training workshop for the trainers of Women powerment Centers (WECs) of Pakistan Bait-ul- Mal (PBM). Finance MinisterRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Despite huge potential, performance of the Information Technology (IT) sector in Pakistan has been poor compared with many other Asian economies. Internet penetration in Pakistan is 14%, whereas it is 30% in India, 49% in China, 31.9% in Bangladesh, 67% in Malaysia and 40% inRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Pakistan Foreign Office has decided to rope in the country’s top spy agency ISI against increasing cyber attacks on its website and servers. The decision comes after Foreign Office (FO) systems have faced three major attacks by hackers over the past 18 months. The FORead More →
SAN FRANCISCO ( MEDIA REPORT ) Pakistan, Indonesia, the Palestinian territories, Bangladesh, and Nepal attract the highest rates of attempted malware attacks, according to Microsoft Corp. Countries that attracted the fewest include Japan, Finland, Norway and Sweden, reveals the Microsoft Security Intelligence (MSI) report Volume 20 for the second halfRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Research firms IDC and Strategy Analytics both presented their assessments of the smartphone market in Q1 2016, and while there were some significant differences, there was an agreement that the picture is far from rosy. According to IDC, the market grew by 0.2 % year-on-yearRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA REPORT ) A Pakistani researcher has developed a system to provide employment information and social media access free of cost to uneducated people over the phone. The projects by Agha Ali Raza, an assistant professor at the Information Technology University’s Department of Computer Science, extend his PhDRead More →
LAHORE (GUEST WRITER ) YASMEEN AFTAB ALI The increasing influence the internet on its users worldwide cannot be denied. Crime rates have increased owing to this expanding use of medium. Sajjan M Gohel writes, “The virtual world is fast becoming the most important meeting place for terrorists, and a majorRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed a fiber leasing agreement with Telenor Pakistan. Telenor will benefit from this agreement in terms of upgrading its cellular backhaul to cater for exponential data growth in the aftermath of 3G/4G regime in the country. This agreement alsoRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The Minister stressed that industry has to reciprocate and collaborate with the government on defining KPIs for the IT sector over the next 5 years such as increase in remittances, foreign direct investment and employment generation so that a solid case can be made forRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 was approved in the National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday. Dawn reported on 13th April 2016. The bill must also be approved by Senate before it can be signed into law. The draconian bill ─ which has beenRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Korean Eximbank’s team conducting feasibility study for the first purpose built IT park in Islamabad, called on the Minister of State for IT Mrs. Anusha Rehman Khan here in Islamabad today and shared in detail the salient features, models and proposed designs along with otherRead More →