Tag: Prime Minister
Khosa to Expose Scams of Billions at Right Time
Sardar Latif Khosa, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Information Technology who resigned recently and wrote in detail to the PM that he would reveal billions of rupees scams to President Asif Ali Zardari at the right time. “At this stage I will offer no comment, however, I confirm that I have written letters to [...]
Inside Story of Khosa’s Second Disgraceful Ouster
Prime Minister’s Adviser Sardar Latif Khosa, who on Tuesday had to quit office in disgrace for the second time during this government, was trying to rewrite government rules and if he had succeeded, present and future advisers to the premier would have become more powerful than their respective ministers. But Prime Minister Gilani stopped Khosa [...]
Zardari Rejects Khosa’s Resignation
The PM’s Adviser on Information Technology, Sardar Latif Khosa, on Tuesday tendered his resignation in protest against clipping of his powers as the In-charge Minister for Information Technology (IT) but President Asif Ali Zardari rejected the resignation while directing him to continue his job of Adviser to the PM on IT. Sardar Abdul Latif Khosa, [...]
Frequent Court Orders, PTA to Device Internet Blockade Policy
The highly placed sources both at Prime Minister Secretariat and PTA have confirmed that a correspondence between the two institutions have taken place in which PTA has sought permission of formulating regulations to block any website. In the aforementioned summary the PTA has discussed the procedures to be followed for deciding the ban on any [...]
Etisalat Asked to Pay $500m Said Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh
Pakistan has sought an emergency payment of at least $500 million from UAE’s Etisalat the majority shareholder of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to avoid a breach in the current year’s fiscal deficit target. In return, the government has made a firm commitment to the Etisalat that it would transfer the company’s all properties to [...]
Khosa Assures PTCL Employees of Grievances Redressal
A 14-member delegation of Pakistan Telecom Employees Union (CBA), PTCL, called on Advisor to Prime Minister for Information Technology Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa here on Thursday and sought his help for the solution of their problems. The delegation led by Secretary General of CBA, Hussan Muhammad Rana, informed the Advisor that the lower staff [...]
China to Invest US $ 1Billion in Information Technology
China to over one billion U.S. one billion dollars into the sector of information technology to invest in Pakistan after the MoU signed by President Asif Ali Zardari during his visit to China last year. Posted to discuss the modalities and procedures for investment, the Chinese Ambassador in Islamabad, Lou Zhaohui met the Adviser to [...]
National Asembly Body on IT Recommended Legal Action Against Facebook
National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications on Monday adopted a resolution that is against the activities of Facebook and profanity recommended that international action against those responsible. The committee, chaired by Vice President Muhammad Chaudhry Tahir Barjas, early in the attention of members to the book blasphemous activities of the face and [...]
Latif Khosa Lauds Cellular Companies Role in Promoting IT Sector
Advisor to Prime Minister for Information Technology, Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa has said that cellular companies have major contribution in the promoting the national telecom sector and have created job opportunities in the country. He expressed these views while talking to Chief Executive Officer and President of Mobilink, Rashid Khan who called on him [...]
