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25 Dec 2015
Careem Offers Opportunity to Get Free Rides
Careem Offers Opportunity to Get Free Rides Careem, an app based chauffer driven car booking service in Pakistan, is giving away the opportunity for you and your friends to earn ride worth up to PKR 100,000 with them. It’s pretty simple, go to your App Store or Play Store and download the Careem App. Once
25 Dec 2015
MoIT and PSEB Launch Documentary to Attract Foreign Investment
MoIT and PSEB Launch Documentary to Attract Foreign Investment Pakistan’s information technology industry has come a long way. Our country boasts a wide breath of human talent as evident by a thriving startup culture and IT prodigies. Given that Pakistani IT exports crossed $2 billion dollars recently, with an annual growth rate of 41%, the
25 Dec 2015
PTA Set to Auction WLL Licenses for AJK and GB on Dec 29th
PTA Set to Auction WLL Licenses for AJK and GB on Dec 29th Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has set the stage for spectrum auction of WLL (Wireless Local Loop) licenses for AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan on December 29, 2015 without any further delay. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and LinkDotNet Telecom Limited have qualified for the
25 Dec 2015
PTCL Offers its Charji EVO Tab with Lifetime of Free Internet
PTCL Offers its Charji EVO Tab with Lifetime of Free Internet o celebrate Qaid-e-Azam day, PTCL today announced that it is offering its CharJi EVO Tab with lifetime of free internet, said a Facebook update posted by the company. CharJi EVO tab — priced at Rs. 25,000 — is a 7-inch tablet with HD display on a 1280×720
25 Dec 2015
PTCL Ruthlessly Bombards Customers with Forced Popup ADs
PTCL Ruthlessly Bombards Customers with Forced Popup ADs PTCL is once again bombarding its DSL and EVO customers with pop-up ads injected into the websites that they visit while using PTCL’s broadband services. PTCL users reported ProPakistani that they are left with no choice but to face brutal pop-ups causing huge frustration. And its not once in a
21 Dec 2015
Social Media Sparks After Karachi University Expelled Student
Social Media Sparks After Karachi University Expelled Student Karachi University had faced so much criticism on the entry of supermodel Ayyan Ali at an event and now the management of the university has expelled student for inviting her. After this news circulates widely on social media and mainstream media, people have reacted over
21 Dec 2015
Internet Service to Remain Close in Karachi on Muharram
Internet Service to Remain Close in Karachi on Muharram To make the security arrangements fool proof in the biggest city of Pakistan, Interior Ministry has decided to close internet service in Karachi on 10th of Muharram, 24th October 2015. According to the reports of Pakistani television channels, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued directions to
21 Dec 2015
Student arrested on Fake Facebook Profile in Karachi
Student arrested on Fake Facebook Profile in Karachi Karachi: Fake social media accounts and torturing through these accounts is rapidly increasing and Pakistani media has reported several such type of cases. But now Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has started taking serious actions on this crime. According to the report of popular English newspaper of Pakistan,
21 Dec 2015
Why Facebook Didn’t Give Safety Check Option before Paris Attacks?
Why Facebook Didn’t Give Safety Check Option before Paris Attacks? In his statement issued on official Facebook account, Mark Zuckerberg has said that the policy of Facebook was to only active Security Check option on natural disasters before Paris attacks. But after this attack, the management of the popular social media website decided to active
21 Dec 2015
Telco’s Data Revenues Grow 69% During 2015
Telco’s Data Revenues Grow 69% During 2015 Mobile phone companies witnessed a solid growth of 69 percent year-on-year (YoY) for data revenues during Jul-Dec 2015 as telcos have been increasing their stakes in Pakistan’s telecom market by envisaging a deeper internet penetration targets, after the roll-out of 3G-4G services in the country. This observation was made by the Annual