Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has formally submitted an application to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) seeking approval to merge Telenor Pakistan and Ufone, marking a major step toward consolidation in the country’s telecom sector, official sources said on Monday. The application follows PTCL Group’s recent acquisition of TelenorContinue Reading
Dubai: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has arrived in Dubai on an official visit aimed at breaking a long-running financial deadlock with the United Arab Emirates’ telecom giant Etisalat, involving nearly $800 million linked to the privatisation of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL). According to Pakistan’s MinistryContinue Reading
Islamabad: Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has warned that phishing and scam campaigns remained the dominant cyber threat in 2025, with nearly 89 percent of attacks aimed at stealing login credentials for online accounts. In a report released on Wednesday, Kaspersky said its analysis of global phishing and scam campaigns showedContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT) has launched a final round of stakeholder consultations on the revised Pakistan Information Security Framework 2025, as the government moves to strengthen protections for the country’s growing digital infrastructure. NCERT said the updated framework, known as PISF 2025, has been published forContinue Reading
Islamabad: Pakistan’s telecom regulator has issued a fresh warning after a misleading message circulating on social media falsely claimed that recent reductions in mobile phone taxes apply only to importers and registered vendors, not individual users. Top officials of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) have confirmed to Pakistan Digital PostContinue Reading
Islamabad, Jan 21, 2026 — Pakistan’s telecom regulator has stepped up preparations for next-generation connectivity after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) concluded a specialised capacity-building programme on 5G and fixed networks in collaboration with Huawei Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday. The training, held at PTA headquarters in Islamabad, focused onContinue Reading
Islamabad: Pakistan has signed four new projects worth Rs1.16 billion ($4.1 million) to expand higho-speed mobile broadband services across selected districts in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as the government accelerates efforts to close the digital divide and strengthen the country’s digital economy. The agreements were signed between the Universal ServiceContinue Reading