KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is set to invest in another international submarine cable consortium system expected to be operational in the last quarter of 2015, said a press release on Friday. This will be the fourth submarine cable system by PTCL – a subsidiary of United Arab Emirate’s Etisalat – representing a multimillion […]
ISLAMABAD: Telecommunication companies will block some 4.7 million unauthorised SIMs (subscriber identity modules) to stop their use in terrorist activities. Sources in the Ministry of Interior told Dawn that the decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held here with Interior Secretary Chaudhry Qamar Zaman in the chair. The meeting was informed that […]
By: Dr Haider Shah It is tragic that while we see all hate preachers doing brisk business over the internet, sites of science and humanism have been axed Together with countries like China, Iran and Turkmenistan, Pakistan happens to be a place where people cannot access YouTube because of an official ban by the government. […]
Sir: The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the government to ensure the appointment of the chairman and members of Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) within 10 days, and has ordered that the new PTA chief give a schedule for the 3G Spectrum bidding on the next date of hearing. When the world has already moved towards […]
Karachi: Visual artist Naiza Khan has been selected as one of 11 laureates in 2013 to be awarded the prestigious Prince Claus Award – making her the third Pakistani after Arif Hasan and Madeeha Gohar to earn this distinction. Naiza Khan, born in Bahawalpur in 1968, creates incisive work that examines the crucial paradoxes of […]
KARACHI: Renowned writer, intellectual, critic and senior journalist Shafi Aqeel breathed his last after protracted illness here at a local hospital on Friday night. He was 83.Shafi Aqeel got infection in his lungs and was having difficulty in breathing.The senior journalist remained associated with Roznama Jang for 63 years in various capacities. Until his last […]
KARACHI: A young journalist accused police on Friday of picking him up and thrashing him last week. Ali K. Chishti, a correspondent of Friday Times, said he was intercepted by some half a dozen policemen in the PECHS area minutes after he had left his office with driver on Aug 30. Mr Chishti, who felt […]
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