ISLAMABAD: Telenor Group today announced the sale of its Pakistan telco operations to Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd (PTCL). The sale is part of Telenor’s strategy to build scale and market-leading players in Asia, as presented at the 2022 Capital Markets Day. It concludes the strategic review of the telco operations in Pakistan, which was announced
ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Wednesday approved the establishment of a National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA). Briefing media after a meeting of the caretaker federal cabinet, minister for information technology (IT) Umar Saif said the agency was needed in the wake of growing cyber crime. He said the agency would work to ensure safe
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KARACHI: The new Christian Marriage Law in Pakistan has come into force under which a youth has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for contracting second marriage. The judicial magistrate east Karachi also fined the young man Rs.25,000. According to the case details, J. Ilyas had married a woman identified as Easter a year ago
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared illegal sales tax on cooking oil as well as steel industry in the now merged FATA and the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA), including Chitral. The apex court issued the ruling after overruling a judgement of the Peshawar High Court on the appeal of steel mill and
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GILGIT: Six suspects were rounded up by law enforcement agencies in connection with the armed attack on a passenger bus in Chilas area of Gilgit-Baltsitan that left nine people dead and 21 injured on Saturday evening. An FIR has been registered against unknown attackers under different sections of the PPC and the anti-terrorism act. The police in
