Cookie Policy

Last Updated: [30/8/2026]

This Cookie Policy explains how Monitor Pakistan may use cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use the website.

Cookies are commonly used by websites to help pages function, remember certain preferences, understand how visitors use a website and, where applicable, support advertising or other website features.

The specific cookies and technologies used by Monitor Pakistan may change as the website, its features and its third-party services change.

This policy should therefore be kept consistent with the technologies actually operating on the website.

What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website may store on your device when you visit it.

Cookies can allow a website to recognize a browser or device and remember certain information between visits or during a browsing session.

Cookies do not all serve the same purpose. Some are necessary for a website to operate, while others may be used for measurement, functionality or advertising.

Other technologies may perform functions similar to cookies. Depending on how they are used, these may include pixels, tags, local storage or similar technologies.

For simplicity, this policy uses the term “cookies” to refer to cookies and similar technologies where appropriate.

Why Monitor Pakistan May Use Cookies

Cookies may be used for different purposes depending on how the website is configured.

Potential purposes include:

• Keeping essential website functions working
• Maintaining user or session-related information
• Remembering certain preferences
• Understanding website usage
• Measuring website performance
• Improving website functionality
• Supporting advertising
• Measuring advertising performance
• Providing or supporting third-party website features

Not every purpose listed above necessarily applies to the website at all times.

Monitor Pakistan should only identify a specific purpose or technology in this policy when it is actually used.

Types of Cookies

Cookies can generally be grouped according to their purpose.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are used for functions that may be necessary for a website or particular feature to operate.

Depending on the website’s technical configuration, these may support functions such as:

• Security
• Session management
• Basic website functionality
• User preferences necessary for a feature
• Consent-management functionality

If a cookie is genuinely required for a requested website function, it may not be possible to disable it without affecting that function.

The exact essential cookies used by Monitor Pakistan should be confirmed through the website’s technical configuration.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may allow a website to remember certain choices or provide additional functionality.

For example, a website may use this type of technology to remember a preference made during a previous visit.

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If functional cookies are not used, this section should be removed or revised.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics technologies can help website operators understand how visitors use a website.

Depending on the service involved, analytics information may help identify things such as:

• Which pages receive visits
• How visitors navigate the website
• Whether pages are functioning properly
• General patterns of website usage
• Website performance

Analytics information should be used to understand website activity rather than to identify individual visitors unnecessarily.

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Do not add the name of a specific analytics provider until its use has been confirmed.

Advertising Cookies

If Monitor Pakistan displays advertising through technologies that use cookies or similar tracking mechanisms, those technologies may be used for purposes such as:

• Delivering advertisements
• Measuring advertising performance
• Limiting repeated advertisements
• Understanding advertising interactions
• Supporting relevant advertising

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Advertising technologies can change over time. The Privacy Policy should also explain applicable data practices associated with advertising technologies.

Third-Party Cookies

Some features of a website may be provided by third parties.

Depending on the services actually integrated into Monitor Pakistan, third parties may place or access cookies or similar technologies when their features are used.

Examples of third-party functionality can include advertising, embedded media, analytics, social features or other external services.

However, Monitor Pakistan should not identify a particular third-party provider merely because that provider is common on news websites.

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Visitors should review the relevant third party’s own privacy information where appropriate.

How Long Cookies Remain

Cookies can have different lifetimes.

Session Cookies

Session cookies are generally used temporarily and may be removed when a browsing session ends or the browser is closed.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies may remain on a device for a defined period or until they are deleted.

The exact retention period depends on the individual cookie and the service responsible for setting it.

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Monitor Pakistan should maintain an accurate cookie inventory rather than publishing estimated retention periods.

Managing Cookies

Most modern web browsers allow users to control or delete cookies through browser settings.

Depending on the browser, users may be able to:

• View stored cookies
• Delete existing cookies
• Block certain cookies
• Block third-party cookies
• Allow cookies only from selected websites
• Receive warnings before cookies are stored

The exact controls vary between browsers and devices.

Disabling certain cookies may affect how parts of a website operate.

For the most accurate instructions, consult the help or privacy settings provided by your browser or device manufacturer.

Consent and Cookie Choices

Where applicable, Monitor Pakistan may provide a cookie or privacy preference mechanism that allows visitors to make choices about certain categories of non-essential cookies.

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If a consent-management system is used, the available choices should accurately reflect the technologies operating on the website.

A consent banner should not claim to control cookies that the website does not actually use.

Cookies and Personal Information

A cookie by itself does not necessarily identify a person by name.

However, information collected through cookies or similar technologies may sometimes be associated with other information that could relate to an individual.

For this reason, cookie-related information should be considered together with the website’s broader privacy practices.

Our [Privacy Policy] explains how information collected through the website and other communication channels may be handled.

External Websites

Monitor Pakistan may contain links to external websites.

Once you leave Monitor Pakistan and visit an external website, that website’s own technologies and privacy practices may apply.

Monitor Pakistan does not control the cookie practices of websites that it does not operate.

Visitors should review the privacy and cookie information provided by external websites when appropriate.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

The technologies used by a digital publication can change.

Monitor Pakistan may update this Cookie Policy when its website functionality, analytics, advertising arrangements, consent mechanisms or other relevant technologies change.

When changes are made, the updated version should include a revised “Last Updated” date.

The policy should also be reviewed periodically to ensure that it accurately reflects the website’s actual technical configuration.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or the technologies used on the website, please contact Monitor Pakistan.

Related Policies

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our:

• [Privacy Policy] — information about website privacy and data handling
• [Terms and Conditions] — terms governing use of the website
• [Disclaimer] — information about the nature and limitations of website content
• [Contact Us] — ways to contact Monitor Pakistan

Keeping This Policy Accurate

This policy is intended to describe the technologies actually used by Monitor Pakistan.

Specific cookies, providers and tracking technologies should not be listed unless they have been confirmed through the website’s technical configuration.

If the website adds or removes an analytics platform, advertising provider, embedded service or consent-management system, this Cookie Policy should be reviewed and updated accordingly.

Last Updated: [30/aug/2026]