KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) – the state-run telecom bellwether – posted a growth of Rs23.08 billion during the financial year ended June 30, 2003, due to increase in its operating profits. The PTCL accounts and payout announced on Wednesday exceeded market expectations significantly with net income soaring by 16.50 per cent. The dividend […]
LARKANA: The journalists of Larkana walked out of district assembly session in Larkana to protest against the ruling from the acting convener of the assembly who asked the newsmen to leave the house so that an important matter could be discussed. The ruling of the acting convener Zila Council Larkana, Athar Abbas Solangi, came just […]
PESHAWAR :The Council of’ Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has expressed concern over delay in formation of the’ Pakistan Press Council. In a meeting of the standing committee of the CPNE, presided over by its President Altaf’ Hussain Qureshi here on. Mon-i day, the council demanded formation of the Pakistan Press Council without further’ delay, says […]
Karachi: Sindh Government has ordered forfeiture of weekly newspaper,Ghazwah Lahore dated august 1-6,203 ,as it contains objectionable material The Sindh Government has also imposed ban upon further circulation of the said weekly Newspaper in the province of Sindh and declared that all copies of the same in found in circulation, be forfeited for Government of […]
KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), expressing deep concern over inordinate delay in the formulation of Pakistan Press Council has demanded the government to constitute it immediately. The demand was presented in .CPNE’s Standing Committee extended session held under the chairmanship of Senior Vice President CPNE Altaf Hasan Qureshi in Peshawar on Monday. […]
PESHAWAR, Sept 20: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has told the executive committee of the APNS that the provincial government is in favour of settling the problems faced by newspapers in the province, says a press release. He has also announced that the long-outstanding dues relating to provincial government advertisements amounting to Rs350 million […]
KARACHI: In the wake of post deregulation era challenges, Pak-istan Telecommunications striving hard to provide stata -of- the-art tele-corn facilities in rural areas, com. pany ‘ s statement quoted Chairmaii Akhter Ahmed Bajwa as saying on Saturday. He said while addressing a high level meeting to review the South-ern Telecom Region progress the other day.zahir […]
ISLAMABAD: Intel has taken a major initiative by launching ‘Teach to the future Pakistan’ countrywide computer training programme for teachers, Presently, the training facility is available for 40 ,major cities of Pakistan. Intel has chalked out an aggressive plan for 2004 to benefit more number of teachers. Intel’s county manager, Kamil F. Hasan, told this […]
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Information technology company Microsoft has decided to make substantial investment in the country and it would train 50,000 teachers in the field. Sources said on Thursday that Microsoft’s regional executive Emre Berkin, Middle East regional director Mohammad Kateeb and general manager of the south Gulf subsidiary, Abdullah Almulla, recently discussed the details […]
KARACHI, Sept 19: Sindh government will launch new schemes for promotion of Information Technology, besides completion of the on-going schemes in the province. Speaking at a seminar on Information Technology, Sindh Minister for IT, Yaqoob Ilyas, said that Rs42.50 million had been allocated for new schemes, while Rs41.20 million had been allocated for the on-going […]
KARACHI (September 19 2003): The Frontier government has assured the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) that it would clear the long outstanding arrears, make equitable distribution of government advertisements and resolve the problems faced by the print media in the province at the earliest, a spokesman of the APNS said. APNS Secretary General Mohammad Aslam […]
LAHORE, September 17- The Lahore High Court has directed Pakistan Television Corporation to submit parawise comments within four weeks on a writ petition filed by artist Madeeha Gohar, for not selecting her play in the drama competition being carried out by the respondent and restraining it from telecasting. The petitioner through her counsel submitted that […]
KARACHI: Broadband technology in the country faces a shock as Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has stopped operations of two out of four such companies, which the telecom regulator says was working illegally. Sources in the telecom ministry and Internet service providers say the PTA has halted operations of two broadband Internet cable service providers from […]
KARACHI, Sept 16: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan Mahar has said the government will make all possible efforts to resolve the genuine problems of journalists. “Journalism is an honourable profession and journalists perform an important responsibility of maintaining contact between government and people,” he said presenting Rs0.2 million cheques for Mirpurkhas, Moro and […]
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