ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) senior Minister and leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Siraj-ul-Haq strongly demanded US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief’s arrestment in Islamabad over alleged involvement in Hangu drone strike. Addressing students’ convention of the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) held in Islamabad on Thursday, Sirajul Haq said that the US CIA chief has been nominated in the case and he would give the confessional statement about all the drone attacks in three-day police remand. He threatened that the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would march towards Islamabad on the non-stoppage of the NATO supply by the government as a protest against the US drone attacks. He warned that the coming days would brin...
November 29, 2013 at 1:00 am | News Desk
KARACHI: All illegal Subscriber Identity Module (SIMs) likely to be blocked in Pakistan by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in near future following the Supreme Court (SC)’s order on Thursday. SC has called all stakeholders for presenting the strategies regarding blockage of the unlawful SIMs before the apex court. Four-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry passed this order while hearing Karachi law and order case on Thursday. The court said has directed the authorities to ensure implementation of the law regarding issuance of five sims on single ID card, adding that illegal sims are creating hurdles in police investigation and facilitating the culprits. Court said in order that a...
November 29, 2013 at 1:00 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has extended the submission dates of form-A/B till December 2 for non-listed and December 16 for listed companies. The extensions have been granted due to weekly holidays falling on November 30, and December 15—being filing dates for other than listed and for listed companies respectively—which held their annual general meetings (AGMs) on October 31. The filing date for annual audited accounts has also been extended up to December 2, for all companies, which held their AGMs on October 31, and are required by the law to file annual audited accounts with the SECP. In order to extend maximum facilitation, the Company Registration Offices of the SECP shall also r...
November 29, 2013 at 1:00 am | News Desk
Washington: Samsung flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S4 Advance is now available in France. Samsung Galaxy S4 is one of the most popular smartphone that company ever produced. The device is the successor of previously launched Samsung Galaxy S3 which guide the company to new level. Since today you are able to buy the Galaxy S4 Advance in France. The Galaxy S4 Advance is totally the same as the original version Samsung only upgraded the processor from Snapdragon 600 to Snapdragon 800. Before it was called Galaxy S4 LTE-A or Galaxy S4 LTE+, and supports LTE-A, with a theoretical download speed of up to 150 Mbps. Samsung hasn’t officially announced the Galaxy S4 Advance yet. At Orange France, the Galaxy S4 Advance is offered for &euro...
November 28, 2013 at 2:01 am | News Desk
Washington: Nokia have capture 90 percent of Windows Phone market share ahead of HTC and Samsung, according to AdDuplex report. The most exciting part of the news is that over 35 percent of market share, Nokia capture form low end Lumia 520. Nokia’s share of Windows Phone 8 devices has been growing steadily over the last few months, moving from about 75 percent at the start of the year, to a new high of 90 percent this month. This means only 1 out of every 10 Windows Phone 8 devices is not a Nokia Lumia device. The results are based on data collected from 2,087 Windows Phone apps running AdDuplex SDK version 2, Nokia’s rise in the Windows Phone world isn’t much of a surprise. Unsurprisingly, the most popular device is sti...
November 28, 2013 at 1:46 am | News Desk
A wintry blast of heavy rain, wind and snow across the eastern United States could disrupt plans on Wednesday for millions of people traveling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Thanksgiving holiday is one of the nation’s busiest travel times, with 43 million Americans expected to make trips this weekend, travel group AAA said. Google doodle to mark Thanksgiving Day 2013 Thirty-seven percent of travelers will leave on Wednesday, making it the busiest single day of travel for the holiday, AAA said. For Thanksgiving Day, winds of 15 to 25 miles per hour and gusts even higher are forecast for the Northeast, Bruce Terry, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service said, adding that temperatures were expected to be below freezin...
November 28, 2013 at 1:46 am | News Desk
The Mega Millions is back in the big-jackpot game, as according to Lottery officials the Nov. 26 drawing uses the new matrix for Mega Millions. The new matrix features more numbers for Match 5 and fewer Mega numbers; the changes give players a chance to win more prizes. The changes are supposed to increase the size of jackpots. According to the Mega Millions official website, 5 tickets in the multi-state lottery game matched 5 numbers, winning $1 million each. (The $1 million prize is an increase from $250,000.) The tickets were purchased in Florida, Illinois, New York (2) and Texas. Tuesday’s drawing also produced the game’s first-ever $5 million winner, on the heels of a $3 million winner on Friday – larger amount...
November 28, 2013 at 1:36 am | News Desk
PORT ELIZABETH: Pakistan has defeated South Africa in second one-day international cricket match by 1 run. Ahmed Shehzad’s third ODI hundred led Pakistan to a one-run win in Port Elizabeth and a maiden series win against South Africa on Wednesday. Pakistan bowlers also did a great job to defend the total, specially Saeed Ajmal and Junaid Khan’s last over got lot of appreciation from critics. “I am very disappointed on losing the game despite it was in our pocket” PakistanTribe.com reported while quoting South African skipper said after defeat in 2nd one-day international against green shirts. Pakistani pacer Junaid Khan took three wickets against 42 runs in his spell. Host team fail to win the game even Hashim...
November 28, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
PARIS: Dubai on Wednesday beat off opposition from Brazil, Russia and Turkey to win the right to host the 2020 World Expo, sparking celebrations in the Gulf city and a stunning fireworks display at the world’s tallest building. The Gulf city beat Russia’s Ekaterinberg in the final round of voting in Paris to clinch a prestigious event that is credited with delivering a huge boost to tourism and business in the host city. Dubai, the economic and transport hub of the United Arab Emirates, won 116 votes in the third round, comfortably beating Ekaterinberg with 47. There was one abstention. The four candidate cities, which also included Brazil’s Sao Paulo and Turkey’s Izmir, had pulled out all the stops during 20-minute ...
November 28, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
Washington: Acer unveiled its new touchscreen Acer C720P Chromebook, cost up to $299. There are many Chromebook licensees but only Google has released a touchscreen-based Chromebook to take on Windows 8-based notebooks. The Chromebook Pixel is also much more expensive than current devices, retailing for $1,299. The Pixel’s high price is due to the HD touchscreen used inside. Acer sees there aren’t any players besides Google’s Pixel in the touchscreen-based Chromebook market and will release the Acer C720p in December. The 11.6-inch touchscreen Chromebook will retail at a very affordable $299 price point. The Acer C720p features an 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 touchscreen display. It’s powered by a Haswell-based Intel Celero...
November 28, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
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