A fault in one of the international submarine cables, the SMW5, has been reported, resulting in degraded internet services across the country. Internet service providers (ISPs) across Pakistan have been notified by Transworld Associates that an outage in one of the international upstream networks ...

ISLAMABAD – Saudi Arabia’s King Shah Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman have offered condolence to President Arif Alvi over the loss of lives during floods in the country. According to local media reports, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman sent a cable of condolences to President Arif ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog suspended ARY News, a mainstream TV channel on Monday. Cable operators were told by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to block the transmission of ARY News “till further notice.” It was reported that a formal show ...

ISLAMABAD – Internet users faced disruptions across the country on Tuesday as a submarine cable developed a fault around 400 km off the coast of Pakistan, the telecom authority said. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said the fault occurred in the TransWorld 1 (TW1) cable that connects ...

ISLAMABAD – Internet users in the South Asian country are facing slow internet speed as services are impacted amid a technical fault in the Asia-Europe double AE1 cable. Reports quoting sources said a major flaw in 25,000-kilometres-long major sea cable had occurred near Fujairah, the United ...

Internet services in Pakistan are currently deteriorated as a major submarine cable connecting Pakistan to outside world is offline. According to details shared with ProPakistani, SEA-ME-WE-5 went offline earlier today due to a fault that was developed near Cairo, Egypt. Not to mention, ...

IMEWE is reportedly offline and any data transmission on the this international submarine cable that carries major portion of Pakistan’s internet traffic is currently not available for service, we have checked with sources. Just in case if you are wondering, IMEWE isn’t the only cable that ...

ISLAMABAD – The Executive Committee of the National Econom­ic Council (ECNEC) has approved Rs 37.9 billion worth Pak-China Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) Project Phase II. According to a report by Gwadar Pro, the project will pave the way for establishment of Cross-Border OFC net­work ...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) will lay around 4000 km long optical fiber cables by end of the current fiscal year to connect the unserved and underserved areas in the country and will bring the total connected areas to 12000 km. This was stated by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) USF, Haaris ...

The Central Develo­pment Working Party (CDWP) on Wednesday cleared the second phase of a Rs38bn project for laying cross-border optic fibre cable with China. According to the details, the CDWP has referred the project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for ...