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Pak WhatsApp users complain about 'disruption in services'; unable to down
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The users are complaining about 'disruption in services.' Many users are encountering an error message that reads, "Couldn't download the document. Try again. If the problem keeps happening, try connecting to Wi-Fi."
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Pakistan government blocks over 11,000 SIM cards of non-filers
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In a bid to promote tax compliance and tax culture, authorities in Pakistan have blocked the SIM cards of more than 11,000 people so far who failed to file tax returns.
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Pakistan telecom operators block 3,500 SIMs of non-filers after-tax body o
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The FBR also sent messages to about 5,000 individuals, warning them that their mobile phone SIMs would be blocked if they did not file their returns. It has further sought details of the blocked SIMs from the telecom operators.
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Pakistan telecom operators agree to block SIMs of tax evaders
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The understanding was reached after the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) held crucial meetings with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and telecom operators to implement Income Tax General Order No. 1, issued under Section 114 B of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001.
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Pak govt imposes additional tax on non-filers for mobile loads, bundles
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) devised a plan against non-filers which is likely to be implemented from May 15. The government would impose a 2.5 per cent additional tax on non-filers as well as withholding SIM cards of those who refuse to comply.
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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority rejects govt demand to block over 0.5
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A non-filer is a person who has not filed his income tax return.
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Civil society organisations frown on disruption of 'X' in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Access to X has been disrupted in many areas of Pakistan since February 17, when former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Chattha accused the chief election commissioner and chief justice of Pakistan of being involved in rigging the February 8 general elections.
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Islamabad High Court issues notice to concerned authorities over suspensio
Updated : 2 years ago IST
According to the report, the platform 'X' has been blocked since the Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa of engaging in 'rigging,' a charge refuted by both the electoral watchdog and the Chief Justice. T
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Islamabad High Court summons PTA chairman to clarify position in audio lea
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has summoned the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman regarding the audio leak case, following his counsel's denial of any authorization for call interception by the regulatory body
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Social media platform 'X' shutdown continues for seventh day in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Digital rights activists had slammed the authorities' move to disrupt the access to the social media platform and deplored the utter lack of transparency from the government.
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Sindh High Court orders Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to restore ac
Updated : 2 years ago IST
X has remained inaccessible in various parts of Pakistan for the sixth consecutive day, with disruptions reported in Rawalpindi, Karachi, Gujranwala, Lahore, and other cities, according to the monitoring website Downdetector.
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Committee to Protect Journalists condemns phone, internet disruptions duri
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Despite the regulatory Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's (PTA) earlier promise to maintain access to internet services on election day, the interior ministry announced on Thursday that mobile services had been suspended on grounds of security threats.
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