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Daily Archives: March 16, 2014

Shipments of cell phones sans IMEI numbers won’t be cleared

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ISLAMABAD – Cell phones importers, who did not take into consideration the Pakistan Telecom Authority’s orders to not to import phones without IMEI numbers, will now probably face huge losses as their shipments will not be cleared. Not only the importers will face the consequences for this negligence but at the same time there might […]


3G spectrum to raise GDP by at least Rs380 billion

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KARACHI: The launch of 3G/4G spectrum is likely to generate 990,000 jobs and create additional GDP between Rs.380billion and Rs.1,180 billion in the period up to 2020 in a high demand scenario according to a report by the UK based Plum Consulting, the News learnt on Saturday. Commissioned by the Pakistan government, the report titled […]


3-G, 4-G licences to bring $1.3 bn: PTA chief

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Syed Ismail Shah has said that foreign exchange over one billion and 300 million dollars will be deposited in national exchequer with the auction of licences of 3-G and 4-G technology. PTA chairman, while talking to ‘The News’ on Saturday, said that the successful bidder would be issued licence […]


Media misleading nation over Thar situation: Qaim

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SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday set aside the rumours of a probable forward bloc in the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Talking to media men at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, he said that the PPP’s Sindh council had met on Friday in Karachi and lauded the performance of the Sindh government as […]


Writing on the wall

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Fatima Munir Amjad’s choice of imagery, inspired from our walls and urban spaces, indicates how they delineate the real but often neglected narrative. ‘Why are you still writing in long-hand and don’t use a typewriter, word processor or computer?’ was the question put to Javier Marias, the Spanish novelist by the host of Hard Talk […]


Day after day

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The United Nations has allotted specific days to highlight various environmental problems, yet they’re not helping to create the required level of awareness In face of the human-environment nexus, environmental problems are intensifying as socio-economic activities gain momentum with the passage of time. To establish a relationship between development and environment, environmentalists world over are […]