Dawn
of an exciting new era for Pakistan hotel landmark.With the start of
the New Year an exciting new era has dawned for a beloved five-star
Karachi landmark. On January 1, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts took over
management of the 407-room Sheraton Karachi, based on the city’s
prestigious Club Road.
Rebranded the Mövenpick Hotel Karachi, the hotel
is the first property in Pakistan to be managed by the upscale
international hospitality company of Swiss heritage. Mövenpick presently
operates 80 hotels, resorts and Nile cruisers in 25 countries across
Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
YouTube.com.pk will soon be accessible
in Pakistan. There is a good news for Pakistanis that the YouTube.com.pk soon be
accessible in Pakistan as Google is planning to localize the Video sharing
website. Some Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) officials related to
this matter have told to media that YouTube
is going to launch his sub-domain in Pakistan soon.
The Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunications Anusha Rehman
said if they met the Google management requirements the chances of YouTube
restoration in the country are bright. She told this at the Senate Standing
Committee on Tuesday. She told that committee that the government had succeeded
in convincing the Google management about religious sensitivities of Pakistanis
and in this come into practice it would also be easier for the local search engine
to block any blasphemous or objectionable content from the website.
She said that the Google management of YouTube is willing to localize the video
sharing website in the country but will not be responsible if any objectionable
content uploaded on the website as this will be a personal action of the
individual.
She added that the PTA is working on a draft ordinance which will be practiced
by the ministry for enactment as law. If the YouTube be localized in Pakistan
to remove the objectionable content from the website would be easier, instead
of installing expensive filtration softwares.
Google removed the Anti-Islamic content from the website at the request of different
Islamic countries including Saudi Arabi, Libya, Egypt and Iraq by
allocating them special subdomain for their countries because they met the
Google requirements. By Localizing the video sharing website Google would not
be infringing its own company law of encumbering freedom of expression. The officials of ministry of IT are demanding to eradicate profanity content
first and also the endorsement of draft from both national assembly and senate
for launching the youtube.com.pk in the country.
