Pakistan Halts Overseas Payments for Online Gaming, Other Apps

In this picture taken on January 21, 2014, Pakistani game designer Waqar Azim checks a designed game at his workplace in Islamabad. (AFP/File)

 

November 27: Bloomberg has reported that Pakistan halted payments for in-app purchases including online video games bought by local customers using airtime from telecommunications companies, the latest sign of distress caused by the country’s depleted foreign-exchange reserves. Read more I