ISLAMABAD: An important session of federal cabinet with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani chairing, will be held today to decide over various issues facing country including overall political situation. The cabinet is expected to approve inter-government matters including five ministries initially devolved to provinces and the financial affairs of these ministries. The cabinet will also review implementation on18th Amendment. Freshly inducted in the federal cabinet, Khuda Bux Rajar and State Minister Istiqbal Khan are also likely to attend the meeting. Official sources said that the prime minister called the cabinet meeting keeping in view the developments on the political front. The cabinet was also expected to consider some measures to be implemented during the nine-month extension allowed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its $11.3 billion stand-by arrangement, they added. The sources said the cabinet was likely to approve a Rs 25 billion bailout package for the Pakistan Steel Mills to keep it functional. The state-owned entity was faced with severe financial stress and desperately needed federal intervention, they maintained. The cabinet would also approve measures for implementation of the inter-government framework signed during the recent visit of the Chinese prime minister to help Chinese investors. According to the government announcements, the Chinese public and private sector would make $35 billion investment in Pakistan during five years, the sources stated. It would also be expected to approve South Asian Association for Regional Cooptation (SAARC) agreement on trade in services. Under the agreement, all SAARC member countries are expected to open their eight service sectors for investors of the member countries, including Pakistan and India. The agreement would cover all four aspects, which include cross-border supply of services like telecommunication, consumption of medical facilities abroad, commercial presence in the form of opening bank branches and movement of personnel, the sources added.
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Gilani on Tuesday sought increased Omani investment for Pakistan’s energy, telecom and agro-based industries, besides urging support for an early finalisation of a FTA with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council
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Amidst these troubling times for Pakistan good news is difficult to come by; however , Ufone has yet again proven to be original and outstanding. The esteemed ‘World Communication Awards (WCA)’ committee has nominated Ufone for the Best Brand Award. The WCA are the most prestigious telecom awards around the globe and as some may
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Face is the index of mind and advertisement of a brand is the index of the brand. It gave me a rude shock to see how so called leaders of Telecom industry, Mobilink has changed its strategy and now resorted to making funny ads little realizing though that this domain exclusively belongs to Ufone. Mobilink
Ajantha Mendis finds himself on every street sign in Matale
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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the country’s mobile network operators are understood to have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on infrastructure sharing, the Pakistan Obs…
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DUBAI: Gulf business hub the United Arab Emirates said Sunday it will halt key BlackBerry services that breach laws and raise security concerns, a move Saudi Arabia may follow according to unconfirmed reports. The UAE suspension would kick in on October 11 and last until a legal solution was reached, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said in a statement on its website. It said the decision was taken “after failing to make progress in repeated attempts to make BlackBerry services compatible” with the Gulf state’’s legislation. “Due to its technical nature, some BlackBerry services, like the messenger, email, and web browsing, remain beyond the implementation of local laws,” the TRA said. These services could “allow individuals to commit violations without being subject to legal accountability, which would lead to dangerous implications on the social, judicial and national security.” “In the public interest, we have today informed the providers of telecommunications services in the country of our decision to suspend the BlackBerry services of messenger, email and electronic browsing,” TRA chief Mohammed al-Ghanem said in the statement. Ghanem said the suspension would remain in force “until a solution compatible with the telecommunications laws in the country is reached.” Saudi Arabia was expected to block BlackBerry messaging, an official at a telecommunications company in the kingdom said on Sunday, while another firm denied the claims. “Orders are expected from the (telecommunications) regulator” to suspend BlackBerry’’s popular messenger service in the kingdom, one official said on condition of anonymity. But an official from another Saudi company dismissed the claim. “We continue to provide a full service,” he said, declining to be named. BlackBerry has more than 700,000 subscribers in Saudi Arabia and 500,000 in the UAE, a country that has established itself as a major business hub mainly in the bustling emirate of Dubai. In anticipation of communication problems that would arise from cutting the service, Ghanem said providers Etisalat and Du have been told they should offer alternatives. “Providing alternative offers that would guarantee the continuity of messenger, email and web browsing to personal and business clients is at the top of our priorities,” he said. The UAE’’s largest telecoms provider, Etisalat, acknowledged the decision and pledged to provide solutions for users. “Etisalat’’s focus at the current time is to make sure its valued customers experience continuity of mobility services,” the state-majority-owned operator said in a statement. “In line with its commitment towards its customers, Etisalat will soon be announcing a range of alternative mobility products and services for its existing BlackBerry customers,” it added. Du also said it would respect the decision. “As a communication provider in the country, we have to always operate within the regulations of TRA,” it said in a statement carried by state news agency WAM. The debate over control of BlackBerry services in the oil-rich UAE became heated last week amid complaints that data belonging to local users was stored abroad by the BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM). The TRA said last week that the BlackBerry service could allow people to use some of its applications “inappropriately.” The decision comes as Paris-based media watchdog Reporters without Borders accused the UAE of “harassing and arresting users of BlackBerry Messenger who allegedly tried to organise a protest” against an increase in petrol prices. “We call for an end to this government witch-hunt against BlackBerry Messenger users who tried to get their fellow citizens to join them in a protest,” it said on Thursday, claiming that one of the organisers, Badr Ali al-Dhohori, 18, has been in custody in Abu Dhabi since July 15. In July last year, RIM charged that an update issued by Etisalat was actually spyware, and that it enabled unauthorised access to information stored on the user’’s smartphone. The UAE telecommunications authorities control access to the Internet, filtering out material including nudity, pornography, and some political websites.
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BEIJING: The worst floods in a decade have left 991 dead and 558 missing in China since the beginning of the year and caused more than 28 billion dollars in damage. The death toll from floods sweeping through northeastern China has risen to 37, state media said Saturday, as authorities scrambled to intercept 12 heavy vessels hurtling down a major waterway. Torrential rains in Jilin province have left a further 35 missing as more than 364,000 people were evacuated from waterlogged areas, the official news agency reported. Water, electricity and telecommunications services were cut in parts of the province, while train services in the town of Kouqian were suspended after the railway station was surrounded by floodwaters, previous reports said. More than 95,500 buildings have been damaged in the floods, with 25,400 destroyed, agency said. Elsewhere in Jilin, hundreds of soldiers and many boats were mobilised to stop 12 heavy vessels being swept down the Songhua River towards a major dam.
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BEIJING: Thirteen people have been killed and another six are missing after floodwaters swept through northeastern China, state media said Thursday, as the country struggles with its worst floods in a decade. Torrential rain has cut water, electricity and telecommunications services in parts of Yongji county in Jilin province, the official news agency said, citing local officials. Agency reported Wednesday that 200 rescue workers had been sent to Kouqian town in Yongji county to reach 30,000 residents thought to be trapped after a nearby reservoir overflowed. The local train station was also surrounded by water with over 80 people trapped inside, it said. Factories and houses have been submerged by floods that have reached highs of three metres (10 feet) in some places and residents are trying to escape to higher buildings, the official China News Service reported Wednesday.
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ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Information Technology and Telecommunication Latif Khosa resigned from his position on Tuesday, DawnNews reported. Khosa submitted his resignation to the offic…
