PM Shehbaz Approves Additional Legal Charge for Ikram-ul-Haq Qureshi at IT Ministry
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the appointment of Ikram-ul-Haq Qureshi to hold the additional charge of Member Legal at the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication for three months. Qureshi, who currently serves as Chairman of the Social…
BingX Names Five Finalists for KOL Trading Legends, Opens Public Vote
ISLAMABAD Cryptocurrency trading platform BingX has announced five finalists for its KOL Trading Legends futures trading competition and opened a public vote to determine the eventual champion. The voting campaign will run from September 1 to September 7, with eligible…
Pakistan Emerges as World’s Third-Largest Crypto Market, Virtual Assets Regulator Tells Senate Panel
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has emerged as the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency market, with around 40 million Pakistanis holding crypto accounts, Chairman of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) Bilal Bin Saqib told a Senate committee. Briefing the committee, Saqib said the…
Pakistan Completes National Semiconductor Cluster Framework as NED Joins SERC
Pakistan has completed the institutional framework for its national semiconductor education and research clusters with NED University of Engineering & Technology formally joining the South Region under the government’s semiconductor development programme. Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima…
Cyberattack Hits Three Major UK Airports, Exposes Millions of Passenger Records
Three major airports in Britain have been hit by a cyberattack that exposed personal information belonging to millions of passengers, raising fresh concerns over the security of data held by critical transport infrastructure. Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports…
WhatsApp Adds New Passkey and Two-Step Verification Options
WhatsApp has introduced new account-security measures, including support for multiple passkeys and stronger two-step verification options, in a move aimed at making it harder for attackers to take control of users’ accounts. The Meta-owned messaging platform rolled out the changes…
WhatsApp Rolls Out Admin Profiles for Channels, Giving Creators More Control
WhatsApp has started rolling out admin profiles for Channels, giving channel administrators the ability to create a separate identity for publishing updates without exposing their personal WhatsApp profile. The feature is currently being rolled out to some beta testers on…