The federal government has officially declared public holidays on June 25 and 26, 2026, in observance of 9 and 10 Muharram-ul-Haram, marking the occasion of Ashura across Pakistan. The decision was approved by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, following which the Cabinet Division issued a formal notification confirming the two-day holiday period. As a result, government…
The Pakistani government has permanently deactivated the controversial social media firewall, installed in 2024 to monitor and control online activity. The move comes ahead of the country’s highly anticipated 5G spectrum auction and is aimed at restoring internet performance and investor confidence in the telecom and IT sectors. Officials cited the firewall’s failure to deliver…
The Directorate General of Immigration and Passports (DGIP) has issued an official warning to the public about a fraudulent passport application scam involving the misuse of Google Maps listings for the Regional Passport Office in Islamabad’s G-10 sector. According to a DGIP spokesperson, a scammer created a fake Google Maps listing using the name of…