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WorldVPN law latest step in Kremlin online crackdown
A law coming into force on Wednesday will give the Kremlin greater control over what Russians can access online ahead of a presidential election next March...
Providers of virtual private networks (VPNs) ? which let internet users access sites banned in one country by making it appear that they are browsing from abroad ? will be required to block websites listed by the Russian state communications watchdog...
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PakistanYou could get fined over half a million dollars for using a VPN in the UAE
United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has introduced an amendment to a law restricting the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and proxies, with jail time and fines of over $500,000 applicable to those who violate the rules, IB Times reported...
"Under the amended law, the use of VPNs ? tools that can be used to manipulate user IP addresses ? may punish Internet users attempting to access...
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ArchiveApple removes VPN services from Chinese app store
Chinese internet users have for years sought to get around heavy internet restrictions, including blocks on Facebook and Twitter, by using foreign virtual private network (VPN) services...
“We have been required to remove some VPN apps in China that do not meet the new regulations,” Apple told AFP in a statement on Sunday...
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ArchiveUK reiterates duty-free access for Pakistan after Brexit
ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom reiterated its commitment on Monday to retain duty-free access for Pakistan on the pattern of European Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) scheme after Brexit early next year...
The repeat assurance, first given in July, came from United Kingdom Minister of State for Trade Policy Greg Hands in a meeting with Pakistan’s Commerce Minister Pervaiz Malik, the UK High Commission said in a press...
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PakistanFacebook provides free internet access to Pakistani citizens
In an interesting breakthrough for mobile users in Pakistan, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the provision of free internet access for users in Pakistan through the social-media giant's new initiative Internet...
org in Pakistan on Wednesday through a Facebook post...
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ArchiveNepal mulling duty-free access to China for 400 products
NEPAL plans to ask China to provide duty-free access to around 400 new products with export potential during Prime Minister K...
China provides this same duty-free privilege to other least developed countries too...
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PakistanDuty-free access to US markets restored till Dec 2017
ISLAMABAD: The United States has reauthorised Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) status for Pakistan...
The GSP status of 127 countries including Pakistan was suspended by US Congress after the expiry of the programme on July 31, 2013...
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ArchiveDuty-free access to US market renewed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has qualified for the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) eligibility assessment and will continue to receive duty-free treatment for its eligible exports to the US market...
He expressed hope that the US companies will take advantage of their presence in the Pakistani market and expand their footprint in view of strong performance of Pakistan’s economy, improved security and energy situation, large and growing...
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ArchivePakistan 7th worst country in access to sanitation
LAHORE: Pakistan is the seventh worst country in terms of access to basic sanitation, as its 42 per cent of the population remains without access to basic sanitation...
The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), supported by Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan Campaign marked the World Toilet Day in Lahore, where they called attention to these issues...
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WorldNo to CPEC unless Pakistan provides trade access to India: President Ghani
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that his country will not be a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) unless it is given access to Pakistan's Wagah and Attari border, DNA India reported on Wednesday...
Addressing a gathering at the Vivekananda International Foundation in New Delhi, Ghani said that Kabul will restrict Pakistan's access to central Asia if it is not given access to India through the CPEC project,...
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PakistanPakistan to grant UK access to Imran Farooq murder suspects: sources
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has agreed to grant British investigation authorities access to the main suspects arrested in Dr Imran Farooq's murder case, DawnNews reported...
Sources privy to the matter said Federal Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan conveyed Pakistan's approval in this regard on Tuesday in a meeting with United Kingdom’s counter-terrorism department chief Richard Walton...
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PakistanPakistan once again denies India consular access to Jadhav
Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Wednesday once again denied consular access to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death earlier this month by a Field General Court Martial...
During a meeting with the foreign secretary in Islamabad, Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale requested that consular access be granted to Jadhav, Radio Pakistan reported...
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PakistanPakistan denies India consular access to Jadhav again
Pakistan on Sunday denied India consular access to convicted spy Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by a military tribunal in Pakistan on charges of espionage and terrorism earlier this year...
A day earlier, as Pakistan and India exchanged lists of prisoners under the 2008 Agreement on Consular Access, with India reiterating its commitment "to addressing on priority all humanitarian matters with Pakistan", the Indian...
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PakistanADB approves $20mn loan to increase credit access in Pakistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $20 million loan to help Pakistan’s Khushhali Microfinance Bank (KMBL) to expand access to credit for agriculture-related borrowers and small businesses, KMBL announced this on Monday...
"Agriculture and small business are critical sectors in Pakistan’s economy that play a significant role in job creation and poverty reduction," said Christine Engstrom, Director of ADB’s Private Sector...
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