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Daily Archives: October 12, 2007

Boy shot dead

KHAIRPUR: A 12-year-old boy, Amir Ali Sandelo, was shot dead in the Ahmedpur police limits on Thursday. The police, on a complaint of Irfan Ali Sandelo, registered a case against the unknown killers. The complainant stated in the FIR that two unidentified armed men knocked his door and when he opened it they fired upon […]


Barber’s shop blown up, another bomb defused in Swat

SWAT: Unknown miscreants on Thursday blew up a barber shop owned by two brothers in the area of Madan Dir in Swat district. Two bomb explosions occurred in the area of Swat that destroyed a barber shop owned by two brothers Karim Ullah and Hazrat Ullah, while windowpanes of 14 other shops were completely broken. […]


Urdu Newsletter Oct 05 To Oct 12, 2007

Summary Urdu Newsletter Oct 05 To Oct 12, 2007 Date 10/12/2007 Download ppf newsletter vol 5 no 39.pdf


NGOs’ alliance plans protests to force Erra to review policies

ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: An alliance of non-governmental organizations, from the NWFP, has announced holding large-scale protests to press the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) to review its “flawed reconstruction policies.” The Ittehad is an alliance of over 200 local rural organizations in the Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, and Kohistan districts. “The Hazara Awami Ittehad, has […]


VoA to air current affairs programme

LAHORE: Voice of America is launching an hour-long news and current affairs programme on Monday to be broadcasted from 8 to 9pm on VoA’s Urdu service which is aired on medium wave 972 and 1539 kilohertz. Murtaza Solangi will be hosting the programme from Washington studios. He will also invite toll-free phone calls from Pakistan. […]


ISPs see hard times ahead: PTCL launches new Internet service

KARACHI: Internet service providers (ISPs) would have another competitor in the market as Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched its new service called ‘Phone n Net’. Whereas the local ISPs are taking it as a threat to their businesses, convener Internet Services Providers Association of Pakistan (ISPAK), Wahaj-us-Siraj told Daily Times on Thursday. PTCL, […]


PTCL broadband service

FAISALABAD (APP) – Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL) has launched broadband service in 12 cities of the country including Faisalabad. Pakistan’s largest IP network provider has offered three different packages of 256-K, 512-K and 1-MB to suit the needs of various customers. The fee of 256-K has been worked out at Rs 1199 per month. […]