LAHORE  - The Punjab Government has decided to set up helpdesks on the election day at a distance of 400 meters from the polling stations where arrangements will be made for safekeeping of mobile phones of voters.  It may be mentioned that Election Commission of Pakistan has imposed a ban ...

islamabad - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday prohibited carrying mobile phones at the polling booths to ensure smooth and transparent conduct of polls at the polling stations. According to ECP, the decision of banning mobile phones will safeguard against any manipulation of ...

karachi - US Secretary of State John Kerry Friday telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari and discussed Pak-US bilateral relations.The conversation also focused regional issues, a press release by the President House said.

ISLAMBAD – The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Sunday clarified that no new tax imposed on cell phones as is wrongly being portrayed by some quarters.“The impression being created by certain vested interests that the government has levied a new tax on cell phone is baseless and devoid of ...

LAHROE - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), running short of annual collection target of Rs2.381 trillion, will now be able to generate at least Rs5 billion per annum, as the Board has raised sales tax on smart phones at the import stage, now targeting cell phone users in its move to increase ...

President Asif Ali Zardari telephoned PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif Thursday evening and condoled with him over the death of his brother.The President said that he will also visit Raiwind to personally offer fateha and condolences. The President also prayed for eternal rest to the soul of late ...

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/QUETTA - The mobile phone and PTCL wireless services will remain suspended in large parts of the country today as well – from 6am to 8pm.As part of government plans to avert terrorist acts on the occasion of Ashura-e-Muharram, the cellular phone services also remained ...

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR - Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Friday that the government will suspend cell phone and wireless services in most parts of the country over the next two days to prevent attacks on the occasion of Ashura-e-Muharram.The suspension of cell phone service will begin at 6am ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday had telephonic contacts with top leadership of coalition partners and ruling party leaders and extended Eid greetings with them. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf rang up PML-Q President Ch. Shujaat Hussain, who is currently on a private visit to India, ...

BARCELONA - Japanese women are so fond of their phones, they even use them in the shower, say manufacturers. This makes waterproofing a must — also good against rainstorms and accidents while texting on the toilet.Panasonic and Fujitsu are touting their waterproof and dust-proof phones as ...

ISLAMABAD - Following the recent spate of target killings in Karachi, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has a detailed telephonic conversation with MQM chief Altaf Hussain and ANP President Asfandyar Wali on the issue and discussed various options to bring lasting peace to the port city. The ...

ISLAMABAD Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Thursday made a telephonic call to the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and expressed regrets over statement made by PML-N MNA Khawaja Saad Rafique against the Bhutto 'dynasty. Well-placed sources informed TheNation that Shahbaz Sharif ...

LAHORE A former Pakistan Test cricketer has conveyed to the ICC that some players used hidden mobile phones in their helmets during cricket matches. The use of mobile phones by players is strictly forbidden anywhere on the ground during an international match under ICC regulations. When a PCB ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Tetsuya Ide doesnt own an iPhone, but the teenage computer boffin is betting that Apples hit gadget is the key to having a new generation of video game players in the palm of his hand. Hes not the only one. Video game console titans Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are facing growing ...

KARACHI - The Chinese pirated copies of branded cell phones hit the market this time with copy of BlackBerry with the name of BlueBerry, the Nation has learnt. It is observed that the sale of Chinese pirated copies of branded cell phones still go uncheck despite the fact that the copyrights ...

IMAGINE if all you had to do to charge your iPod or your BlackBerry was to wave your hand, or stretch your arm, or take a walk? You could say goodbye to batteries and never have to plug those devices into a power source again. In research presented at the American Chemical Society's 237th ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - MySpace on Tuesday is launching a mobile video streaming service that lets members of the global social-networking website watch favored snippets on the move. News Corp-owned MySpace teamed with video coding specialty firm RipCode to create a way to let people use ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited Regional General Manager Operations Rasheed Ahmed has said that dysfunctional telephone connections have been reduced to only 3,000 from the huge figure of more than 10,000 within a very short period. He was talking to a ceremony organised to ...

ASK a teacher to name the most irritating invention of recent years and they will often nominate the mobile phone. Exasperated by the distractions and problems they create, many head teachers have ordered that pupils must keep their phones switched off at school. Others have told pupils to leave ...

The total number of fixed and mobile subscribers in     creased to 85 million in 2008 in Pakistan with major     contribution of mobile sector, tele-density in the country has increased to 58 per cent of the population, which is the highest in South Asia. ...