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    PTA admits setting up firewall to manage social media

    ISLAMABAD: The nation’s telecom regulator has lastly admitted to putting in a National Firewall System (NFS) to handle social media content material however insists that latest web service disruptions are as a consequence of a fault within the submarine cable. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Major General (retired) Hafeez Ur Rehman appeared earlier than the […] More

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    PTA links internet disruptions to ‘fault in undersea cable’

    No web signal may be seen on a telephone in Karachi, on May 12, 2023, amid the federal government’s blockage of web companies throughout nation. — Geo.television Submarine Consortium “knowledgeable PTA” about fault in cable. One of seven fibre optic cables linked to Pakistan is broken. PTA chief tells media firewell is definitely “internet administration […] More

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    ‘Fault in submarine cable’ behind internet disruption, PTA chief tells NA panel

    A representational picture on a laptop computer exhibiting phrase “web” displayed on the display. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has lastly commented on the prevailing web disruption, blaming the problem on a “fault within the submarine cable”. Briefing the National Assembly Standing Committee on IT on Wednesday, PTA Chairman Major General (retd) Hafeez-Ur-Rehman […] More

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    Centre, PTA told to submit response in internet disruption case

    A representational picture exhibiting web cables connected to a tool. — Reuters/File The Lahore High Court on Saturday ordered the federal authorities and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to submit their response over the latest web disruptions confronted by hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis. Hearing a petition filed by a citizen named Noman Sarwar towards the […] More