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Pakistan assembles around 9mln mobile phones worth$1.5bln in two years
29Jan By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Pakistan assembles around 9mln mobile phones worth$1.5bln in two years

Pakistan assembles around 9mln mobile phones worth$1.5bln in two years Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Umar Saif said on Monday that the country had assembled approximately 9 million mobile phones worth around $1.5 billion during the last two years. Addressing the Pakistan Mobile Summit, a first-ever mobile conference in the country, he said currently about 35 different mobile phone brands were actively contributing to the local mobile phone manufacturing industry. He said the country had exported nearly 250,000 mobile phones and earned around $ 200 million dollars foreign exchange. The minister said, local handset manufacturers in Pakistan have successfully produced around 57 million phones, surpassing the annual domestic demand of 25 mil...
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PTA Raid on VOIP Grey Setup
29Jan By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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PTA Raid on VOIP Grey Setup

PTA Raid on VOIP Grey Setup Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) alongwith Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) conducted a successful raid against the grey trafficker at NESPAK Housing Society, Lahore. During the raid, 188 Active SIMs, 09 VoIP Gateways (32 ports), 05 Laptop and 2 Network Switches were recovered. Two persons have been arrested at the spot. FIA is further investigating the matter. The successful raid against the illegal setup is a part of PTA’s efforts to prevent the circumvention of the Multi-Finger Biometric Verification System (MBVS) and is made possible because of continuous monitoring, commitment and persistent efforts by PTA in curbing the menace of grey traffic thus curtailing the loss to the national exchequer.Editor: Raja Kamran
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Role of mosques crucial in educating out-of-school children, preventing diseases: President
29Jan By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Role of mosques crucial in educating out-of-school children, preventing diseases: President

Role of mosques crucial in educating out-of-school children, preventing diseases: PresidentPresident Dr Arif Alvi has said that mosques can play a crucial role in the provision of education to out-of-school children along with imparting religious ethos for the socio-economic development of the country. He said that mosques occupy a central place in Muslim society and could be utilized to educate people about preventing diseases and other important social issues.The President expressed these views while chairing a meeting on the role of Masajid and Madaris in promoting education and creating awareness about health issues. The meeting was attended by the Caretaker Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony, Dr Aneeq Ahmed, and religious scholars from various sch...
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وفاقی دارالحکومت کے 13 تھانوں کی تزین و آرائش شروع کر دی گئی ہے
29Jan By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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وفاقی دارالحکومت کے 13 تھانوں کی تزین و آرائش شروع کر دی گئی ہے

وفاقی دارالحکومت کے 13 تھانوں کی تزین و آرائش شروع کر دی گئی ہےنگران وفاقی وزیر داخلہ ڈاکٹر گوہر اعجاز نے کہا ہے کہ وفاقی دارالحکومت کے 13 تھانوں کی تزین و آرائش شروع کر دی گئی ہے، 30 یوم میں اسلام آباد کے یہ تھانے سٹیٹ آف آرٹ بن جائیں گے ، عوام کے جان و مال کا تحفظ ، امن و امان کو یقینی بنانے کے ساتھ ساتھ پولیس کی شناخت کو بھی بہتر بنانے پر توجہ مرکوز کی گئی ہے ،اسلام آباد کے ہسپتالوں کو مثالی بنانے کے ایجنڈے پر عمل پیرا ہیں ، اسلام آباد کے عوام کو وہ سہولیات اور آسانیاں فراہم کریں کریں گے جس کے وہ مستحق ہیں ۔ وہ پیر کو تھانہ گولڑہ کی عمارت کی نئی عمارت کے سنگ بنیاد کی تقریب سے خطاب کر رہے تھے ۔ آئی جی اسلام آباد پولیس ڈاکٹر اکبر ناصرخان، ڈی آئی جی ، ایس ایس پیز سمیت دیگر اعلی پولیس افسران ،انجمن تاجران کے نمائندوں ور معززین علاقہ بھی اس تقریب میں موجود تھے ۔ نگران وفاقی وزیر داخلہ ڈا...
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Wafaqi Mohtasib assures to address the issues of the business community
29Jan By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Wafaqi Mohtasib assures to address the issues of the business community

Wafaqi Mohtasib assures to address the issues of the business communityEjaz Ahmed Qureshi, WafaqiMohtasib (Ombudsman) said that the business community plays an important role in economic development and assured of his cooperation in addressing their grievances. He said this while talking to a delegation of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) that visited his office led by Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President. Ajaz Ahmed Qureshi has said that a separate portal for ICCI will be created to solve the grievances of the business community, and if the complaints are not resolved within thirty days, they will be automatically transferred to the Wafaqi Ombudsman for redress. He said that ICCI should form a committee to liaise with his organization for redress of complaints. He f...
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Meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Iran
29Jan By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Iran

Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani today met with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in Islamabad. Senior Officials from both sides were present in the meeting. Foreign Minister Abdollahian is on an official visit to Pakistan at the invitation of Foreign Minister Jilani.Underscoring the brotherly relations between Pakistan and Iran, Foreign Minister Jilani reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to deepen and broaden the existing wide-ranging cooperation with Iran.The Foreign Minister underlined the imperative for collective and collaborative approaches to confront terrorism that posed a common challenge to both Pakistan and Iran. He stressed that robust institutional mechanisms between the two countries on security cooperation should be fully leveraged. The two Foreign M...
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نیویارک میں منعقد ہونے والے ٹریول اینڈ ایڈونچر شو 2024 میں پاکستان پویلین کو “بہترین ان شو – انٹرنیشنل ٹورازم ڈویلپمنٹ” کے ایوارڈ سے نوازا گیا ہے ۔
28Jan By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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نیویارک میں منعقد ہونے والے ٹریول اینڈ ایڈونچر شو 2024 میں پاکستان پویلین کو “بہترین ان شو – انٹرنیشنل ٹورازم ڈویلپمنٹ” کے ایوارڈ سے نوازا گیا ہے ۔

نیویارک میں منعقد ہونے والے ٹریول اینڈ ایڈونچر شو 2024 میں پاکستان پویلین کو "بہترین ان شو - انٹرنیشنل ٹورازم ڈویلپمنٹ" کے ایوارڈ سے نوازا گیا ہے ۔ سیاحت کے فروغ کے حوالے سے 27-28جنوری کو نیو یارک میں منعقد ہونے والے اس اعلیٰ سطحی ایونٹ میں دنیا بھر سے 550 سے زیادہ ٹور کمپنیاں، کروز لائنز اور سیاحت سے متعلقین شرکت کر رہے ہیں۔ اس شو میں تقریباً 190 ممالک حصہ لے رہے ہیں۔ پاکستان ٹورازم ڈویلپمنٹ کارپوریشن، ٹریڈ ڈویلپمنٹ اتھارٹی آف پاکستان، نیو یارک میں پاکستانی قونصلیٹ اور نجی شعبے کی کمپنیوں کے اشتراک سے قائم کیے جانے والے پاکستانی پویلین کا افتتاح امریکہ میں پاکستانی سفیر مسعود خان نے کیا۔ اس موقع پر وزیر سیاحت گلگت بلتستان جناب غلام محمد، سابق وزیر سیاحت گلگت بلتستان جناب راجہ ناصر علی خان اور نیویارک میں پاکستان کے قونصل جنرل جناب عامر احمد اتوزئی موجود تھے۔ پی ٹی ڈی سی، ٹی ڈی اے پی او...
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Pakistan wins the “Best In-Show International Tourism Development” award at the Travel and Adventure Show, 2024 in New York.
28Jan By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Pakistan wins the “Best In-Show International Tourism Development” award at the Travel and Adventure Show, 2024 in New York.

Pakistan Pavilion has won the “Best In-Show – International Tourism Development” award at Travel and Adventure Show, 2024 being held in New York. The high profile event is being held from January 27-28,2024 in New York City with a participation from over 550 of the top destinations, tour companies, cruise lines, and travel providers from around the world. Nearly 190 countries are participating in the show.Inaugurated by Ambassador Masood Khan, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Pakistan Pavilion has been set up in collaboration with Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), Pakistan’s Consulate General in New York and private sector companies. Minister of Tourism Gilgit Baltistan Mr. Ghulam Muhammad, former Minister for...
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Mushahid Hussain elected Vice President of IPU Human Rights body
28Jan By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Mushahid Hussain elected Vice President of IPU Human Rights body

Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, who represents Asia in the Committee of Human Rights for Parliamentarians (CHRP) of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), was unanimously elected as Vice President of the Committee at it’s meeting in Geneva. Ms Millie Odhiambo of Kenya was elected as President.Senator Mushahid Hussain is the first parliamentarian from Pakistan to be elected to a high level office of a key body of IPU, which is a global organisation representing the world’s parliaments. Two years ago at the IPU General Assembly in Rwanda, Senator Mushahid Hussain was elected as Member of the CHRP, the only Asian in this important 10-member Committee. Senator Mushahid Hussain, who is member of the Senate Human Rights Committee, served as Leader of the Pakistan Delegation to the United Nati...
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