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Daily Archives: August 15, 2012

Judicial officers reshuffled

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has ordered postings and transfers of 19 judicial officers, including district and sessions judges and civil judges. According to an order released by PHC registrar Subhan Sher, the district and sessions judge (DSJ) Mohammad Yaqoob Khattak, who was an officer on special duty (OSD) at the high court, has been […]


President announces military awards

RAWALPINDI: The President of Pakistan has granted military awards to the following officers and men of Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force. According to ISPR, following officers and men have been conferred with military awards Sitara-i-Basalat: Maj Sikender Ali Shah (Shaheed), FF; N/Sub Noor Wali Khan (Shaheed), FC; Hav Rasool Bakhsh, Punjab; L/Hav Munjra Khan, […]


Pakistan Telecommunication Authority chief says media committee to be set up for 3G auction

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided to put in place an integrity pact and an independent monitoring committee comprising of media and civil society representatives to accomplish multi-billion dollar transaction of auctioning Third Generation (3G) technology. “We will complete this transaction within four months period as we have already lost two and a […]


Telecom taxation saga

Apparently, the mobile network operators in Pakistan are in hot soup, for allegedly evading billion in taxes on account of inter-connection charges since 2007. An unexplained figure of Rs47 billion has been doing the rounds for months now, in what is speculated to be one of the biggest corporate tax evasions in the countrys history. […]


Google Doodle celebrates Pakistan’s Independence Day

LAHORE: Like the last year, Google, the world’s largest internet search engine, has again displayed a brilliant I-Day’s doodle at its Google Pakistan page to wish happy Independence Day to the people of Pakistan. Google has a history of linking its delightful doodles with cultural and social events across the globe. The Tuesday’s brand new […]


Supreme Court directs PEMRA

The Supreme Court has directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to take immediate notice of programmes and advertisements that could be described as vulgar, being aired by private television channels. PEMRA has also been ordered to set parameters to curb such waywardness. SC’s bench came into action after Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed and […]