Tag: Pta

New PTA procedure helps block 29m irregular SIMs

The procedure introduced by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has helped block 27.87 million irregularly obtained Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs). The PTA introduced procedures include...

No incentive for polling station staff: PTA

The Punjab Teacher Association (PTA) has said that no compensation had yet been announced for the teachers who would work on polling stations on...

Cellular companies top PTA’s complaint chart

71 percent complaints lodged with PTA against cell phone operators   About 71 percent of the total 33,310 complaints lodged last year with the Pakistan Telecommunication...

290,000 telephone connections blocked for grey traffic

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has so far blocked around 290,000 telephone connections for being involved in grey traffic. Over 50,000 connections were blocked...

PTA meeting at Roots Millennium School

Roots Millennium School- Capital Campus, G-11/3 held a Parent-Teacher meeting to discuss the students’ curricular and extra-curricular performance. PTA meetings are regularly held as...

Mobile services suspended in Karachi, resumed in Lahore

Mobile phone services in Karachi were suspended early Monday in the wake of security threats, a private TV channel said. The services in Karachi were...

PTA meeting at Roots Millennium School

The Roots Millennium School held a parent-teacher meeting at the Root Preparatory and High School, F-8/4, on Thursday. The students’ curricular and extra-curricular performance...

PTA, IT Ministry at odds over internet censorship system

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Ministry of Information Technology are at odds over installation of a system to regulate and monitor websites, their...

PTA a failed regulator, says NA body

A parliamentary panel on Monday said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had failed to deliver as a regulatory body owing to unchecked grey trafficking and...

Parliamentary panel terms appointment of PTA chairman illegal

A parliamentary panel on Thursday termed the appointment of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Farooq Awan as illegal and directed the officials of...

Plea against PTA chairman appointment accepted

Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Mansoor Ali on Thursday admitted for hearing a petition pertaining to the appointment of chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication...

LHC accepts plea against PTA chairman appointment

Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah admitted for hearing a petition pertaining to the appointment of chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication...

PTA with Pakistan in 15 days: Indonesian minister

Indonesian Minister for Trade Gita Wirjawan on Thursday said that the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) signed with Pakistan earlier this year would become operational...

PTA with Pakistan to be operational in 15 days: Indonesian Minister

Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia Gita Wirjawan on Thursday said Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) signed with Pakistan earlier this year will become operational...

Stay against tax on international calls extended

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday extended the stay against tax increase on incoming international calls till November 14. The single bench comprising Justice...

KP govt to carry out legislation about PATA

Federal government has hinted at giving the prerogatives of legislation regarding Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) to the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sources...

Awan replaces Yasin as PTA chairman

Farooq Awan's appointment as Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman has been confirmed on the directives of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, according to the...