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Internet censorship and content filtering in Pakistan?


Tweet The Government of Pakistan, through the Ministry of Information Technology recently placed ads in local newspapers asking for proposals to establish an internet content filtering system in the country. There have been lots of concerns recently that content which is not compatible with Pakistan’s “cultural norms” is being viewed and accessed. At the moment, [...]

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Is the GST on PCs necessary to retain our Forex reserves?


Tweet The IT industry in Pakistan was pretty miffed about the 15% GST imposition that was part of the previous budget, and talk of having it removed picked up the volume right after the budget was passed. Then, during the caretaker government’s tenure, Abdullah Riar, the then IT minister, promised that the GST would be [...]

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