KARACHI - Ambassador of Republic of Indonesia to Pakistan Burhan Muhammad has stated that his priorities were to enhance economic cooperation between Indonesia and Pakistan, connect the business communities of two countries and develop military to military linkages between two brother Muslim ...

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday issued directives to remove the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman Farooq Awan from his post after the court declared his appointment to have been made on a political basis.Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah heard the case at LHC on ...

ISLAMABAD – The Ministry of Interior has officially asked Pakistan Telecom Authority to block cellular service in different locations along the route of Tahirul Qadri’s long march. As the first step, complying with the orders from the Interior Ministry, PTA blocked the service in Lahore ...

ISLAMABAD - AHMAD AHMADANI - The sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Technology (I&T) Wednesday recommended removal of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman and restoration of the services of former CEO of Universal Service Fund (USF), reliable source ...

LAHORE - After its emergent session presided over by Agha Saiddain Central Chairman Pakistan Tanners’ Association (PTA), the Association appealed to Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister of Punjab, to take immediate note on the orders notified by DCO for closure of every kind of leather hide ...

ISLAMABAD - National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology & Telecom held Pakistan Telecom Authority responsible for delay in 3G auction for the third time.Standing Committee expressed its annoyance over the performance of PTA and said that it had failed to perform its duties as ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) on Friday signed Integrity Pact to make the auction process of 3rd Generation Spectrum (3G) licences more transparent.Chairman PTA Farooq Awan and Chairman TIP Shoail Muzaffar signed the pact on ...

KARACHI - The Indonesian Consul-General Rossalis R. Adenan has emphasised that Indonesia and Pakistan are brotherly countries that have been enjoying excellent and long-standing relations having been transformed into a multi-facet and mutually rewarding partnership encompassing all field of ...

ISLAMABAD - Providing relief to a large number of citizens working outside the country, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday announced to withdraw the tax on incoming international telephone calls, reported a private TV channel.The PTA has issued a letter regarding the ...

ISLAMABAD - Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia, Gita Wirjawan on Thursday said preferential trade agreement (PTA) signed with Pakistan earlier this year will become operational within two weeks’ time.He said that implementation of PTA signed on February 4, 2012, will not only improve ...

LAHORE  - Almost 30 per cent hides go waste due to improper arrangements for their preservations in hot weather during Eid-ul-Azha days.Eid will come in summer season during next several years and there is a need of starting research for finding out new methods and techniques to preserve hides ...

ISLAMABAD - A leading telecom company and some other firms are involved in looting the innocent customers by sending them deceptive messages telling them that they have won or have been selected for a prize that actually is not there while Pakistan Telecom Authority is totally silent on such ...

LAHORE - The Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between the two countries result into export of kinnows with a huge boost as PTA signed early this year between Pakistan and Indonesia.The agreement has reduced the tariff rate for kinnows from 25 percent to zero tariff.Under the PTA, special market ...

LAHORE - Agha Saiddain became the central Chairman of PTA unopposed for the second time for 2012-13. Sheikh Azmat Saleem and Amanullah Aftab were elected as Vice Chairmen respectively while Faraz Haleem, Rehan Sheikh, Danish Khan, Shafiq Ahmad, Shakeel Ahmad, Naveed Ahmad, Mehar Ali, M Mussadiq, ...

LAHORE – Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has banned a website by the name alislam.org which was controlled by the Ahmaddiya community.An official of the authority said that the site had been blocked because Ahmadis were not allowed to propagate their religious views under the ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and all cellular mobile operators of the country, on Tuesday, commercially launched an automated procedure for Sale of Mobile SIMs. According to details, the framework for the new system, was jointly signed on 19th January 2012 and has been ...

ISLAMABAD - Frequency spectrum is a scarce & highly expensive national resource and under Telecom (Re-Organization) Act 1996, PTA has to ensure that the rights of the licenses and telecom users are duly protected. Therefore, PTA carries out extensive field surveys to identify ...

ISLAMABAD – Wateen Telecom has been ranked the number one wireless broadband service provider by PTA in a survey for quality of service for all broadband service providers, says a press release. In pursuance of PTA’s role to safeguard of consumer interests and growth of quality ...

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan will hold an auction for its first licences for third-generation (3G) mobile telecom services on March 29, the PTA chairman said on Tuesday.Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Mohammed Yaseen said the base price for the auction would be $210 million. ...

KARACHII - To develop an appropriate technological & regulatory framework through a consultative process to strengthen the mobile banking, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) signed a memorandum of understanding here on Wednesday.The MoU was signed by ...

ISLAMABAD –  In the recent years Wireless Technology has become popular for the provision of high speed internet and Broadband services. Wireless Broadband Technologies were deployed in Pakistan in 2004. Penetration of Wireless Broadband is increasing at a much faster rate as compared to ...

KARACHI - Mobilink has once again proven to be the best service provider for International Roaming (IR) services, as per a recent survey conducted by the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA), says a Press release. The survey is a part of an effort by the regulatory authority to ensure provision of ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has appointed Sajjad Latif Awan as Administrator of M/s.Red Tone Telecommunication Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd, says a press release. M/s.Red Tone failed to fulfil its obligations in payment of Government dues on account of APC for USF. An enforcement ...

ISLAMABAD (PPI) - PTA instead of facilitating the Telecom sector that is a source of thousands of jobs under considerably challenging business environment in Pakistan, is hitting its interest by reaching out to operators through advertisements at the expense of public money. The trend of ...

LAHORE In what seems to be a 'valuable addition in the dictionary of vulgar language, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has identified over 2000 expressions and words (not printable) in different languages (mostly English and Urdu), and banned their use in text messages on cell phones, but ...

Our Staff Reporter KARACHI - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has recently launched SMS based consumer perception survey system 8899 aiming to sought consumers perception about performance of their respective cellular mobile operator. PTA has made special arrangements to make it free of ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) along with Federal Investigation agency (FIA) has conducted a successful raid in Multan and seized three operational VoIP Gateways. According to details PTA and FIA teams through combined efforts not only traced the exact location but also ...

LAHORE (PPI) - PK Registry PKNIC in collaboration with online Urdu literature website U4U.COM on Friday organized a conference on Local Language Content Stimulus. Chairman PTA Dr Mohammed Yaseen was the chief guest while PSEB was co-sponsor of this event. Chairman PTA, Dr Mohammed Yaseen said that ...

LAHORE (PPI) A delegation of the Pakistan Tanners Association led by its chairman Khurshid Alam along with the Ex-Chairman SM Muneer and sheikh Afzal Hussain held a meeting with Chief Collector of the Customs, Ms Razia Sultana Taher. Khurshid Alam appreciated the sincere efforts of Pakistan ...

Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Dr Mohammed Yaseen surprisingly visited Ufone Call Center located at Sector I-9 Islamabad and Telenor Customer Service Center, Maal Road Rawalpindi to check various services offered to the consumers by operators. ...