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Islamabad – November 19, 2013: Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rahman held a meeting with Jon Fredrik Baksaas, CEO, Telenor Group during ITU Telecom World 2013 in Bangkok recently. Matters pertaining to spectrum auction along with dynamics and facets of telecom policy in Pakistan were discussed in the meeting.
According to the latest reports clashes in Kohat on Monday saw three people dead, including two policemen. The situation remains critical and the authorities have called in the army to maintain law and order. The clashes have also resulted in several people being injured, including a journalist. The city’s exit and entry points have been […]
According to a new UN report, operations this year saw around 12,000 Afghan Taliban fighters being killed, wounded or captured. The US and Nato troops, who have been fighting in Afghanistan for over 10 years now will be withdrawn at end of next year. The UN Security Council is concerned over the efficacy of Afghan […]
Despite the government having lifted curfew in the city, protestors in Rawalpindi forced the shutdown of markets on Monday. The Rawalpindi tragedy which happened on Friday during an Ashura procession left several dead and led to the government imposing a curfew and calling in the army to maintain law and order. Several shops were also […]
The Singh High Court (SHC) adjourned former president Pervez Musharraf’s petition hearing till November 22 on Monday. The former president, whose name is on the exit control list (ECL) had filed a petition in the Singh High Court through his counsel A.Q. Halepota. According to his lawyer, Musharraf’s mother is sick and he needs to […]
According to reports from Cairo, 26 people were killed after a train ran into a bus at a railway crossing. The bus was said to be carrying wedding guests when it collided with the train, leading to 26 dead and 28 more injured in south Cairo on Monday. Hussein Zakaria, head of the Egyptian Railway […]
According to reports, the number of polio infections in Pakistan during the current year has surpassed the previous year’s tally, indicating an increase in the crippling disease. Unfortunately, Pakistan is one of the only remaining countries in the world where polio is still endemic. Health officials have cited the resistance of militant groups and security […]
According to reports from Tacloban, eight people died after being crushed under a wall as a huge crowd rushed a government warehouse for food supplies. While thousands have died in Tacloban city in the Philippine province of Leyte due to typhoon Haiyan, thousands more are suffering food and water shortages as aid and rescue efforts […]
Hearing the power price hike and loadshedding case, the three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed that the government cannot, by law, remove a subsidy that was provided earlier. The purpose of the state is to serve the masses and the government is duty bound to give relief to the […]
Bombings in Iraq on Wednesday have reportedly claimed 23 lives as pilgrims from around the world gather to commemorate Ashura. Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki has been forced by domestic unrest and violence to seek America’s help to deal with militancy in the country which has grown out of control. Wednesday’s bombings mainly hit the […]
A young Frenchman who had arrived in the US from his home country last year for obesity treatment will have to take a ship back after British Airways refused to fly him home. 22-year-old Kevin Chenais has a hormonal imbalance condition which has resulted in him gaining excessive weight (500 pounds). His family had originally […]
Colombo: November 13, 2013 -Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will be arriving in Sri Lanka on Thursday, 14 November, 2013 to represent Pakistan at the 53 member Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), scheduled from 13-17 November, 2013. Besides attending the Inaugural, Executive and Retreat Sessions of the Summit, the Prime Minister will meet several […]
