Tag: Pta
PTA admits to passengers’ data being leaked
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has admitted to the leaking of the personal data of passengers.
Informing the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology, the...
PTA issued notice over decision to block unregistered cell phones
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) decision to block unregistered mobile phones was challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday.
The hearing was conducted...
Submit reply or face contempt, IHC tells PTA chairman
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has threatened the chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) with contempt of court after the body failed to...
AWP takes PTA to court for blocking website
The Awami Workers Party (AWP) on Saturday filed a writ petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the blocking of their official website...
Stolen, unregistered mobile phones to be blocked at midnight
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday announced that stolen, smuggled and unregistered cellular devices will be blocked at midnight.
Earlier, PTA had said that...
Deadline to register phones extended till Jan 15
ISLAMABAD: The registration of the cellular devices with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for the mobile users was extended to January 15 on Saturday.
Illegal, smuggled...
Senate body furious over poor cell phone services in Balochistan, FATA:...
The Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas, Senator Usman Khan Kakar in a meeting claimed that mobile operators...
PTA initiates phone identification system to combat counterfeit devices
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Saturday initiated the Device Identification Registration & Blocking System (DIRBS) system to combat use of "counterfeit mobile phone...
Smuggled cellphones to be blocked after Dec 31: Fawad Chaudhry
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday announced that the government will block all the smuggled cellphones after December 31 in the country.
Addressing a press...
Facebook blocks highest number of posts in Pakistan: report
Facebook has blocked over 2,203 posts or videos in Pakistan for allegedly violating local laws, which is the highest number of content restrictions for...
SHC seeks report from PTA chief in alleged harassment of woman...
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday sought comprehensive report by November 16 from Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman after contacting with concerned departments in...
Centre flouts court orders in PTA chairman appointment case
LAHORE: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the federal government continue to violate the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) 2017 orders regarding the appointment of the...
Committee to discuss new media regulatory body
ISLAMABAD: A committee formed to discuss the formation of newly-proposed Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PMRA) will meet under Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday.
According...
Twitter in danger of being banned in Pakistan
Micro-blogging website Twitter that has become important to political parties and journalists to communicate is in danger of being banned because of "the government’s...
Internet services suspended in six districts of Balochistan
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), on the directives of the interior ministry, suspended internet services in several districts of Balochistan on Friday.
Internet services will remain...
Prompt action should be taken against fake callers
ISLAMABAD: In order to curb the ever-increasing misleading schemes and spamming on SMS and calls, the people of the twin cities have demanded the concerned...
PTA directed to block websites, pages containing blasphemous material
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to immediately block all the websites and pages containing blasphemous material...
