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Pakistan Telecommunication Company privatisation bound to meet disaster: Internet Service Providers Association

KARACHI- Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is determined to protect the interests of PTCL rather than safeguarding the rights of its consumers. This was stated by the Secretary ISPAK, V. A. Abdi, during a briefing on BSN of Net2phone and other problems of internet service providers on November 15, 2002. He asserted that the proposed privatisation […]


Pakistan Software Export Board to help 80 companies in achieving ISO-9001 certification

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) will help 80 software companies to achieve ISO-9001 certification under its Industry Standardisation Project. Under this programme, PSEB has signed up 55 local software companies to promote importance of standardisation and quality consciousness in local software industry that will greatly enhance their export potential, PSEB sources said here on […]


Microsoft offers 93pc discount on software

KARACHI- The Pakistan Software Houses Association (Pasha) has signed an agreement with Microsoft, whereby the company will offer a 93 per cent discount on its software development tools. The Pasha president, Zain I Syed, said that Pakistan’s software industry was very small as compared to India’s IT industry, whose software exports had totalled $8.3 billion […]


Action on newspapers’ complaints

ISLAMABAD- The minister and the secretary of information have initiated the process on the complaints of smaller and regional newspapers which are being deprived of their due share in the government advertisements. The ministry has constituted a three-member audit team to check the record of the distribution of advertisements. The team shall be submitting its […]


World software firms offer 30 to 90 percent discount on products

KARACHI- The world’s leading software companies keeping offices in Pakistan have announced 30 to 90 percent discounts on their products till December 11 2002, to help the corporate sector legalise its computer programmes. The representatives of software giants including Adobe, Autodesk, Microsoft and Symantec announced their special offers at a seminar, organised by Business Software […]


ATC accepts challan in Shahid Soomro case

SUKKUR- Kandhkot police on November 11, 2002 submitted the challan against the three accused Waheed Bejirani, Muhammad Ali Bejirani and Muhammad Siddiq Bachkani allegedly involved in the murder of Shahid Soomro, a reporter of a Sindhi daily Kandhkot in the Anti Terrorism Court of Sukkur and Larkana Divisions on November 11, 2002. The judge of […]


Government to facilitate IT investors

KARACHI- The Provincial Minister for Finance and Vice Chairman Sindh IT Board, Dr Abdul Hafeez, has said bright opportunities exist for investment in information technology and other sectors and government will provide best possible facilities to prospective investors. He was talking to the Business Development Manager of Saudi Marsad Net Ltd, Jajmoom Group, Nayab Gohar, […]


PTA retains ban on Internet telephony, voice chat channels

KARACHI- The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has decided to continue ban on Internet telephony and voice chat channels despite giving indications for quite some time it would remove the ban within a week. “The Chairman PTA, General (Retd) Shahzada Alam Malik called this morning to inform the ISPAK about the decision regarding Net2Phone and similar […]


Cable operators warned

ISLAMABAD-The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has asked the cable TV operators to stop televising vulgar films. Residents of the capital had lodged complaints with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and CDA saying that the cable operators were showing obscene films during Ramzam and requesting the authorities to take action against the cable operators. The CDA […]


Former PTV MD dies

ISLAMABAD- Former Managing Director of Pakistan Television (PTV) and former Director PTV) and famous compere Anwar Hussain died on November 9, 2002 night. He was laid to rest at a local graveyard. Source: Business Recorder Date:11/11/2002


Skardu radio station to be upgraded

SKARDU- Upgrade of Radio Pakistan, Skardu, must be started immediately, Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar A. Memon said during his visit to Skardu and Gilgit. There was a strong demand from general public of both the districts of Baltistan (Skardu and Ghangche Siachan and Kargil sectors of the country) to install a […]


Pearl case convicts

HYDERABAD- Four convicts in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case offered Taraveeh prayers collectively as the Hyderabad prison administration provided them an under trail prisoner, who is a Hafiz-i-Quran, confined in Dar-ul-Quran ward, led the Taraveeh prayers for the convicts, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Syed Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil, in a […]


PTV may file suit against US Company

ISLAMABAD- The Pakistan Television (PTV) has incurred a loss of over $1 million after signing a contract with a United States company for rallying PTV transmissions in the US, and has decided to hire a law firm to take the matter into court for the recovery of the money. According to sources, the information secretary […]


Pearl case convicts seek permission to offer Taraveeh

HYDERABAD- Four prisoners, convicted of the kidnapping and murder of US journalist, Denial Pearl, have demanded of the government to allow them Taraveeh together. Shaikh Aslam, brother of convict Shaikh Adil, told newsmen at the Hyderabad Press Club that an application on behalf of Shaikh Omar, Shaikh Adil, Fahad Naseem and Salman Saqib, has been […]