BEIJING—China’s government approved a broad new cybersecurity law aimed at further tightening and centralizing state control over the internet, including the role foreign companies play in Chinese cyberspace. The law, passed by the standing committee of China’s legislature and issued publicly on Monday, tasks agencies and enterprises with improving their ability to defend against network intrusions while demanding security reviews for equipment and data in strategic sectors. The law includes provisions such as a requirement…
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Japan and India are set to sign a controversial civil nuclear deal this week, as the allies look to boost economic and security ties to counter China’s growing influence in the region and in the international economy.The deal would allow Japan to export nuclear technology to the subcontinent, making India the first non-signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to agree such a nuclear deal with Japan, which has faced political…
Lahore: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said that a committee would be formed which would inquire whether the polemic news published in an English newspaper was leaked or cooked up. Talking to media in Faisalabad, the Punjab Law minister said that it has been proved that the news story was with Dawn journalist Cyril Almeida initially and not with Pervaiz Rashid. Sanaullah said that the committee, to probe the matter, will be formed…
ISLAMABAD: Smelling a rat in the motives of the federal government in setting up a committee to probe a controversial news story on national security appearing last month, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf called for setting up a commission by the chief justice of Pakistan to investigate the matter to avoid possible conflict of interest. This development is an expression of PTI’s growing trust in the Supreme Court and that the party was out to give the…
ISLAMABAD – Member of House of Lords of British Parliament Lord Nazir Ahmed has sought replacement of Maulana Fazlur Rehman as Chairman of Kashmir Committee of the National Assembly to make this committee more effective. In a statement, Lord Nazir Ahmed said the cause of Kashmiris needs more attention and Pakistan should activate the Kashmir Committee to highlight the rampant human rights violations in the Indian occupied Kashmir. Meanwhile, Minister for Kashmir Affairs Chaudhry Barjees…