"Firewall Install Horahi Hai Jitne Bhi Mobile..." Senator Afnan Ullah Break Shocking News
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"Firewall Install Horahi Hai Jitne Bhi Mobile..." Senator Afnan Ullah Break Shocking News
"Firewall Install Horahi Hai Jitne Bhi Mobile..." Senator Afnan Ullah Break Shocking News
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00:00So, you did not get the details of the internet slowdown,
00:04they said they will tell you in two weeks.
00:06What is the matter? Is this a trial? Will it take some time?
00:10Is this time bound?
00:12Should we wait for a week or a few days?
00:15Look, I am, in the name of God, the most merciful.
00:18The official information will come after two weeks,
00:22but I will tell you that I did my research and checked it.
00:26Basically, a firewall is being installed
00:29on all the mobile telecom operators' systems,
00:34and its testing has been going on initially.
00:39Now, it is in the implementation phase,
00:41and the implementation has also been completed.
00:44And we have been told that in the next three days,
00:46this matter will get better.
00:48And today, it was better,
00:49if we compare it with yesterday,
00:51if we compare it with the day before yesterday,
00:52it was better today.
00:53There are some network issues,
00:55but nothing at the moment.
00:57Let me correct one thing.
00:59The loss of 500 million,
01:00the media has reported it many times,
01:02let me explain it a little.
01:03I had said that the exports of 500 million dollars
01:06are of freelancers, or will be more than that.
01:09And that is being affected.
01:10So, at stake, instead of loss, at stake.
01:12At stake, and I will tell you the breakdown of it.
01:15Look, the exports of Pakistan
01:18is about 9 million dollars per day, of IT.
01:21And if you add the revenues of the technology companies,
01:26the revenues of our ride-hailing companies,
01:31that goes up to at least 20-25 million dollars per day.
01:35Now, if you slow down the internet in your country,
01:40then it will only impact the exporters.
01:43The other impact is the rider,
01:45who is a daily wager,
01:47he has to work every day,
01:48make money every day,
01:49it will also affect him.
01:50So, this is one aspect.
01:53The other aspect is,
01:54I will tell you the other side as well,
01:55the issue of national security is such that
02:00our cyberspace was completely open,
02:02because of which our data was also stolen.
02:04We did not even know who was coming, what was being done.
02:08So, installing a firewall on it,
02:10through which monitoring will be done,
02:12is a good thing in my opinion.
02:14But we will use VPN as well,
02:16because we understand this issue technically.
02:18So, are we not compromising too much?
02:19I mean, if everyone is using the VPN of the Prime Minister,
02:22is it advisable that the Prime Minister,
02:24your Ministry,
02:25all your important officials are using VPN?
02:28Look, VPN,
02:30I have used VPN professionally as well.
02:35If the company is good, then it is not a problem.
02:38But of course, if you are using a random free service,
02:43then your data can be compromised.
02:45Data can be compromised,
02:46this is a threat.
02:47Government machinery should not operate so easily on VPN.
02:50I mean, would you advise that?
02:52No, I would advise that only use VPN when needed,
02:56otherwise do not use it.
02:58But keep one thing in mind,
03:00that VPN is not just used when you open Twitter and start using it.
03:04It has other professional uses as well.
03:06There are a lot of programmers and developers,
03:09who have actual use cases,
03:11which they have to use.
03:12We only use it because…
03:14Because we are common citizens,
03:15we are not technical savvy.
03:17Yes, Mr. Khurram,
03:18are you satisfied with this explanation?
03:20They are saying that it will be fine in 2-3 days.
03:22And after testing,
03:24is the implementation always like this?
03:26Like by choking,
03:28is the testing always like this?
03:30Like by choking,
03:31the test will be fine after 2-3 days,
03:33everything will be fine.
03:34No, it is not like that.
03:35But there is technology,
03:37so there can be problems in technology.
03:40If I say that it does not happen,
03:44or like you are saying,
03:45that it happens by choking,
03:48it does not happen like that.
03:49But it is possible that
03:51if there is no proper testing on its implementation,
03:55or if there is a challenge during implementation,
03:58then this kind of situation can arise.
04:00What the senator said,
04:03obviously the government can give clarity
04:07that in 2-3 days,
04:08things will be fine or not.
04:11But right now,
04:13there is a fact that
04:15there has been a disruption.
04:18And he is absolutely right that
04:20the freelancers have been impacted,
04:22the e-commerce riders have been impacted.
04:24Apart from this,
04:26there has been an impact on two other elements.
04:28One impact is that,
04:29you know that
04:31since COVID,
04:33work from home has become a norm.
04:36So on that,
04:38there are a lot of organizations
04:40that are still doing work from home.
04:42There are some remote workers
04:43who are also doing international work.
04:45So that one impact is additional.
04:47Its impact is not only of exports,
04:50but if we look at our organizations
04:53or business institutions in Pakistan,
04:56there has also been an impact of efficiency.
05:00The second fact is that
05:01nowadays we are all using mobile phones.
05:05And we are all on the go.
05:07So we have WhatsApp,
05:10we are getting documents,
05:12we are getting messages,
05:14or we are taking online meetings.
05:16So that also has an impact.
05:17So one direct impact is on freelancers or e-commerce.
05:22But there is also an internal impact of efficiency.
05:27And the most important thing is
05:29that there has been a reputational loss.
05:32I think in the last one or two years,
05:33the government has focused a lot
05:36on Made in Pakistan,
05:37the tech destination.
05:39Together with the Ministry of IT,
05:41we have been doing a lot of work,
05:42in which the role of software houses has also been there.
05:44Pasha has also been doing it.
05:46The Software Export Board has also been doing it.
05:48And we are working hard
05:49to make a reputation of Pakistan
05:51as a destination for IT.
05:54So when such things happen,
05:56for whatever reason,
05:57then the impact of recovering
06:00your reputational loss is very high.
06:04I personally know of a company,
06:06because a friend of mine works there.
06:07He said, we have moved two projects to Pune.
06:09From Pakistan, they have moved it to Pune, India.
06:12This level of loss…
06:14See, why is it happening?
06:15That is why there is a reputational loss.
06:17When people do not see reliability,
06:19so when you are impacting
06:21foreign buyers or foreign users
06:25in the outside world,
06:27then they will not justify to their users
06:32that sorry, there is a problem with our service.
06:35If the internet is not working in Pakistan,
06:36then we can't say sorry.
06:37So that is a fact.
06:39It is an unfortunate fact, but it is there.
06:41In that, our only request is
06:43that the situation can be rectified as soon as possible.
06:46Like the Senator said,
06:48that it will be stabilized in 2-3 days.
06:50May Allah make it happen.
06:52And we…
06:54Because see, it is not about what has happened.
06:58The loss that has happened, has happened.
07:00The important thing is that
07:01the business that is being impacted in the future,
07:04which will be amplified day by day,
07:07we should try to avoid that.