The State of IT Governance in Pakistan
A Report By Bolo Bhi
When the choice
is limited for the
user, they end up
being squeezed and
fleeced
– Wahaj us Siraj
No One Left To Compete With
No one in the
industry, nor the
regulator is talking
about long-term
health indicators
of the industry. No
internet efficiency
goals have been set
by the industry or
the regulator
– Tariq Mustafa
Slowing Down The Internet
E-Commerce- Trust & Security?
There need to be privacy and data protection laws. Some
legislations need to be in place to protect me from communications
which originate from my private data which I have not chosen to disclose
and this applies to online communications and storage as well
– Jehan Ara
Shutting Down Communication
The assumption that cellphone
blocks will stop terrorism is not
practical. In that context, terrorists
use roads so we should block roads;they use planes,
so we should stop planes. The whole country will cease to operate if that’s the logic we apply”
– Wahaj us Siraj
We need the
ability for people
to use credit and
debit cards, be able
to use Paypal and
Google Wallet etc
to do e commerce
internationally
– Zafar Khan
On Payment Gateways
On IP Blocking
The PTA’s position on disallowing VPNs or encrypted communications
is harmful to a lot of customers, it will impact the banking and BPO
industry, just for example, who depend on confidentiality and privacy of
data
– Jehan Ara
“Pakistan has 8 laws, 23 regulations and 3 policy documents.
Our laws and policies have significant lack of clarity. We can buy
electricity from India and we can sell them onions, but we can’t peer
with India using Fibre. The same goes for Iran”
– Sajeed Aslam
“The grand design
which goes into the
policy & regulation
is missing, not just
in the IT & Tech
sector, but across
the country”
– Ehtisham Rao
Regulators should be forward-looking,not regressive. They must understand developments in technology
around the world and understand the future impact of those for their jurisdiction”
– Tariq Mustafa
