Day: August 16, 2024

‘Second trial of firewall with DPI capability’ completed in Pakistan

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Pakistan completed a second trial run of firewall to block and filter unwanted content on Thursday, according to telecom sources, amid criticism over the internet slowdown in the country. The firewall was installed on internet service providers (ISPs) possessing deep packet inspection (DPI) capability, the sources said adding that the firewall has been installed in view of national security concerns. The telco sources also confirmed that mobile signals and internet services slowed down due to the installation of a new firewall. They claimed that all social media services would return…

Ukraine opens military office in occupied Kursk region

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KYIV: Ukraine’s top commander said on Thursday Kyiv had set up a military commandant’s office in the occupied part of Russia’s Kursk region where he said his forces were still advancing, even as Moscow’s troops stepped up its offensives in Ukraine’s east. The remarks by Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi were the strongest sign yet that Kyiv’s forces plan to dig in after launching a lightning cross-border assault on Russia last week that has opened a new front in the 2-1/2 year-old all-out war. “We are moving forward in Kursk region.…

‘Corruption, bad governance’: KP Minister for Communication and Works Shakeel Ahmad resigns

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In an unexpected development, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Communication and Works Shakeel Ahmad Khan stepped down from his post while levelling allegations of corruption and bad governance against the PTI-backed provincial government. Shakeel said that he had sent his resignation to KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. The development came days after incarcerated PTI founder Iman Khan, in a stern message from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, warned members of his party’s government in KP that they would be held accountable for corruption and governance issues in their departments. In line…