ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) have agreed to enhance coordination for raising awareness among masses to prevent blasphemous activities on internet and social media.
Chairman PTA Maj-Gen (r) Hafeezur Rehman and Chairman HEC Dr Mukhtar Ahmed during a meeting on Friday also concurred on disseminating the message among administration, faculty, and students of all universities.
The aim was to encourage them to play an effective role in the noble cause of eradicating this menace from society, said a press release.
Both sides expressed strong enthusiasm for deep collaboration and maximizing outcome through joint academic ventures. Maj-Gen (r) Hafeezur Rehman highly appreciated the initiative of HEC and said that PTA is fully committed to address the challenges related to responsible use of cyberspace.
In this regard, PTA has held consultative meetings with esteemed religious scholars of the country and is engaged with multiple international organizations like UNICEF, TikTok and Telenor Pakistan for the purpose.
The collaboration between HEC and PTA will pave the way to reduce circulation of unlawful content, activities over the internet and engaging youngsters in utilizing cyberspace for productive online activities.
