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Pak's new social media rules give more powers to govt, companies to be fin
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15 (ANI): Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Technology announced new social media rules on Thursday that will empower the telecom regulator to block any website or platform on the directives of court and federal government or under any law, reported local m
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Islamabad HC urges Pak authorities to review ban on Chinese app Tiktok
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 8 (ANI): Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday asked Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to review the ongoing ban on Chinese application Tik Tok.
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Pak once again blocks TikTok over failure to take down 'inappropriate cont
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): Pakistan has once again blocked access to the Chinese app TikTok for its failure to take down "inappropriate content".
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Pak minister decries Sindh High Court order to ban TikTok, calls for judic
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has slammed the recent Sindh High Court's decision to ban the Chinese app TikTok, saying the country has suffered losses worth billions of dollars due to "judicial activism".
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Pakistan restores internet services in six Balochistan districts after fiv
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 4 (ANI): After a gap of five years, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has finally allowed mobile phone operators to restore internet services in several districts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
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Pak telecom regulator directs Twitter to block posts against judiciary
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday directed Twitter to immediately block and remove malicious "trends and tweets" vilifying the superior judiciary of the country.
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Pakistani court orders govt to ban Tik Tok over 'obscene content'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 12 (ANI): The Peshawar High Court has ordered Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to ban TikTok, a Chinese short-video app, for "spreading obscenity in society".
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Pakistan bans TikTok over complaints against 'immoral content'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 9 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday became the latest country to impose a ban on TikTok, a Chinese short video making app, after receiving a "number of complaints from different segments of the society", the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said in a press sta
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Pakistan jolts all-weather ally China, warns its app TikTok, blocks Big
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): China's all-weather friend Pakistan has given a big jolt to the business ambition of Chinese tech firms in the country.
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Ministry of Religious Affairs asks to allow PTA to block objectionable web
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Apr. 1 (ANI): The Ministry of Religious Affairs has asked the security agencies to allow Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block all the websites containing objection content.
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