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IT ministry notifies emergency rules to bolster cybersecurity

by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, Oct 13th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of IT and Telecommunication (MoITT) on Thursday notified the Computer Emergency Respo­nse Team (CERT) Rules 2023 to counter cyber threats against government data. In a message on X (formerly Twitter), IT Minister Dr Umar Saif emphasised the need to protect Pakistan’s cyberspace against cyberattacks. “Today we have taken the first step in establishing a National CERT for Pakistan, our national CERT and subsequent sectoral CERTs…

UNSC Holds Closed Door Meeting Over Ban on Afghan Female UN Workers:

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 07, 2023 at 8:14 PMFollowing the ban of the interim government on the Afghan female staff of UNAMA, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the Taliban’s action and pushed its calls for the ban to be overturned. Speaking to reporters in New York, the US deputy ambassador to the UN, Robert Wood, said Washington considers the ban “basically as another effort by the Taliban to…