"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.

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