World governing body FIFA on Friday conducted the draw for next year’s World Cup, when 32 national teams will converge on Brazil to compete for the sport’s most important prize. Six months and six days before the tournament opens with a game between Brazil and Croatia in Sao Paulo. GROUP A: Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon GROUP B: Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia GROUP C: Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast, Japan GROUP D: Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, Italy GROUP E: Switzerland, Ecuador, France, Honduras GROUP F: Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iran, Nigeria GROUP G: Germany, Portugal, Ghana, United States GROUP H: Belgium, Algeria, Russia, South Korea The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news website covering politics, t...
December 7, 2013 at 1:23 am | News Desk
Washington: As the trend of phablet is on song, Pantech come emerge at the end of the year with its first ever phablet Vega Secret Up. The device feature a huge 5.6 inch display like we found in HTC One Max while it also packs finger scanner to give extra security like iPhone 5S. Samsung is the founder of phablet category as company launched Original Samsung Galaxy Note in 2011. But now this year company introduce its third version known as Samsung Galaxy Note 3. This year we have seen HTC One Max and Nokia Lumia 1520 emerge as first competitor of Samsung’s Phablet. Both new phablets are in pursue of Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but they are not so far away. The unique thing about Nokia’s phablet that it is the only phablet available...
December 7, 2013 at 1:23 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: A seminar on Biodegradable Plastic was organized by Department of Bioinformatics & Biotechnology at Female Campus. The seminar was chaired by Dr. Zabita Khan Shinwari Head of Department of Biotechnology at Quaid-e-Azam University. While Dr. Zaitoon Begum, Director Female Head Department of BIBT (Male) Dr. Jabar Zaman Khattak were guest of honor at the occasion. The seminar was also attended by the students of Fatimah Jinnah University and Bahria University Islamabad. The guest speaker delivered a profound lecture on scope of Industrial Biotechnology and discussed various aspects of Bio Plastic and Biotechnology. He made participant aware about new trends, avenues and advancement of bio engineering, being carried on in the ...
December 7, 2013 at 1:00 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday has once again postponed the schedules of local bodies’ election in two provinces including Sindh and Punjab. The ECP had to issue schedule of LB elections today (Saturday). However, it will now be made public on December 9. The ECP directed Punjab and Sindh to complete all legal procedures by today. However, both provinces sought more time to fulfill all legal requirements for the holding of LB polls, according to a private TV channel. The Punjab authorities asked three more days while Sindh sought a week’s time to complete all legalities. Meanwhile, all preparations have been made to hold local bodies elections in Balochistan today (Saturday). According to ECP, v...
December 7, 2013 at 1:00 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has directed the Crises Management Cell (CMC) for commencing thorough investigation into the threatening letters sent to the leaders of upper house. CMC received directions of the interior minister for initiate investigation into the threatening letters to Senators Zahid Khan, Raza Rabbani and Fiancé Minister Ishaq Dar over demanding treason trial against former President General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf. It should be mentioned that all three leaders belonged to separate political parties as Zahid Khan affiliated with the Awami National Party (ANP), Raza Rabbani of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar from the Pakistan Muslim ...
December 7, 2013 at 1:00 am | News Desk
Zeeshan Javaid The saga of mismanagement continues in the ongoing projects of America’s leading donor agency United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as the undercover watchdog body, Office of Inspector General (OIG), detected the management loopholes in the functioning of $89.3 million project implemented by Agri-business Support Fund (ASF). Lahore based local non-governmental organization ASF, which was recently awarded $89.3 million agri-business project funded by USAID, failed to achieve its goals including the creation jobs and facilitating broad based economic growth in Pakistan. OIG, in the audit of the project, found that ASF failed to achieve the main goals of the millions of dollars project including ...
December 6, 2013 at 6:15 pm | News Desk
The armed legacy Change of Command in Pakistan Armed Forces The change of command in Pakistan Armed Forces is never an ordinary event. The reason is simple. Pakistan has been under military siege for so many years in her short history that everyone from the ordinary people to politicians are interested in the new face of Military top management. Those who claim that behind the curtains Pakistan is run by the Generals have learnt from the history. Seeing the legacy of former Military Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, one can get the hint that the generals have learnt from the history as well. Strengthening democracy to boost economic growth of the country has been one of the finest silver linings of General Kayani’s tenure. Despite...
December 6, 2013 at 5:58 pm | News Desk
London: Samsung once again start rolling out Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update for Samsung Galaxy S3 after removing it for some issues. Last month Samsung roll out Android 4.3 update for Samsung Galaxy S3 but due to some issues company blocked the update. Now once again Samsung starting to roll out the update once again. There are quite a lot of changes and improvements in the new Android 4.3 firmware over Android 4.1.2. Samsung has completely changed the core UI to the one found on the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3, even the setting app has been completely overhauled with a new tabbed interface. The bad news is that even though Samsung has changed the core UI elements, it’s still using the same old original Galaxy S3 launcher and widgets....
December 6, 2013 at 1:20 am | News Desk
NEW DELHI: The activities of a new revolutionary political group, the madrasa-based Hefazet-e-Islam, has upset India, which views it “as Inimical to the interests of a stable, democratic Bangladesh”, writes an Indian daily. The political group reportedly patronised by both the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is set to go to the polls on January 5, 2014 to elect its 10th Parliament amid a protracted political crisis. The Opposition combine has initiated a new wave of agitation to undo what it calls a “unilateral election.” Interestingly, the political crisis of the small South Asian nation has drawn global attention of varying dimensions. Some of Bangladesh’s &ldq...
December 6, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
WASHINGTON: US think tank has claimed after citing satellite imagery that expansion in nuclear facilities are being made by India at a secretive sites in order to enrich significant amount uranium for making weaponry. The Institute for Science and International Security, a private group opposed to nuclear proliferation, said on Wednesday that India appeared to be finishing a second gas centrifuge facility at its Rare Materials Plant near the southern city of Mysore. “This new facility could significantly increase India s ability to produce highly enriched uranium for military purposes, including more powerful nuclear weapons,” the institute said in a report that analyzed an image taken in April. The institute said that India s...
December 6, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
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