Waqas A. Khan

Waqas A. Khan

Information Technology

PTCL

Margaret Thatcher, when advocated for privatization to create a nation of shareholders skipped the possibility that someday, investment organizations owned by wealthy individuals, instead of “people” will start buying the national organizations, fire the people out and will maximize their profits by decreasing the human resource instead of offering innovation and value to their product …

PTCL Read More »

Revolutionizing the IT Industry – A Post Budget Analysis

Pakistan has the third-largest army of freelancers on freelancers.com; its workforce is the fifth-most on upwork.com. None of these skilled professionals is interested in paying a tax on the income being generated from their projects worth billion of rupees. With investments that are nearly nil, the IT sector doesn’t stand a chance of becoming an actual industry until we …

Revolutionizing the IT Industry – A Post Budget Analysis Read More »

An erosion of rights within the Cyber Crime Bill

Poorly constructed laws are being built atop other poorly constructed laws without awareness. As it stands, the present law only will lead to the further destabilization of Pakistan’s already fragile IT industry. It also will further threaten the privacy and security of the common man. And it will alienate potential and existing international clients. When …

An erosion of rights within the Cyber Crime Bill Read More »

The Future of Cyber Attacks

The year 2015 broke all previous records by nine-mega breaches. 113 serious attacks exposed the identities of 429 million people. In terms of Future of Cyber Attacks, 2016 was more horrible than 2015. Cyber Crimes including Malware, PoS Malware, Account Hijacking, Targeted Attack, DDoS, DNS Hijacking, Local File Inclusion, Email Harvesting, Defacement and Malvertising topped …

The Future of Cyber Attacks Read More »

Apple! Losing its Charm after Steve Jobs

When many talk about Apple, mostly there seem to be reactions depicting hatred towards the product or sheer admiration. Since, it is the season of the year when fresh generation of Apple products are launched, a more debating issue breaks through, considering if the products are worthy enough to be bought. Apple is one of …

Apple! Losing its Charm after Steve Jobs Read More »

Dr. Waqas A. Khan is a Journalist - Educationist - Lawyer from Kasur Pakistan.