China Mobile connects to Pakistan

The first cross-border acquisition by China Mobile Communications sees it value Millicom's Pakistan telecom business at $460 million. China Mobile Communications is making its first cross-border acquisition, buying Paktel in Pakistan at an enterprise value of $460 million. It will pay Millicom of Sweden - which owns 88.86% of Paktel – a cash consideration of $284 million. The deal has been concluded in almost record time since Millicom announced it in November last year. Read Full Story

My New Colleagues !!!!!!!!!!!!!

After Successful completion of SMART Project, Population Council/ Pakistan, Islamabad organized a Dissemination Seminar on Marriott Islamabad. Participants of the project are happy after receiving shields from Country Director, PC Mrs. Zeb A. Sathar

Police stations in Islamabad to be electronically inter-linked

ISLAMABAD: All police, traffic, security and Rescue 15 stations in Islamabad will soon be inter-linked by software under a project titled ‘the e-Enablement of the Islamabad police’. Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C01%5C19%5Cstory_19-1-2007_pg11_4

Chinese missile destroys satellite in space

By Toby Harnden and Alex Massie in Washington Last Updated: 2:30am GMT 19/01/2007 The prospect of "Star Wars" between China and the West loomed last night after Beijing used a ballistic missile to destroy a satellite in space. The missile, which hit a 4ft-wide obsolete Chinese weather satellite 530 miles above the Earth, is thought to have been launched from the Xichang space centre in -China's Sichuan province. Read Full Story

Disturbing picture!!!

The Lahore marathon is a sports event, which should only be projected as such. It does not symbolise or project an image of `enlightened moderation`, as the president or the Punjab chief minister were trying to claim. Pakistan`s so-called liberal honeymoon with a dictator does not seem to have ended. Read Full Story

War on Children in America . . . More Dangerous Than Iraqi War

January 17, 2007 Kaye Grogan Let’s forget about the Iraqi war for a few minutes and concentrate on the sexual war here in America that has targeted our children as innocent victims. Every single day sickening reports emerge of missing and murdered children-- as sexual assaults by teachers, coaches, strangers, and sometimes by the clergy and family members-- make headlines. But what is more sickening to stomach is the little pat on the wrist many predators are receiving by many judges who are allowing them back out on the streets to stalk and molest their next victim/victims--as if this practice should be accepted or tolerated. See Full Storry

Islamabad`s graveyards for VIPs!

Islamabad, Jan 08: Pakistan capital has another first to its credit -- a graveyard for its VIPs. Islamabad's 'status' conscious has made sure that there is a final resting place for their near and dear ones -- a prime location facing the Margalla Hills. Full Story

Happy New Year

The Cartoon Issue cost Denmark DKK 28 million

extra expenditure of DKK 28 million – this is the extra bill for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the Mohammed crisis at the beginning of 2006, Jyllands-Posten wrote today.In total, evacuation, protection of embassies and intensive diplomatic activities have caused the extra expenditure of DKK 28 million after the cartoons published in Jyllands-Posten triggered trade boycots, violent demonstrations and attacks against Danish embassies in a number of Muslim countries. Read Full Story

MBA made mandatory for fresh DMG officers

ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has approved a proposal making it mandatory for every fresh entrant into country’s top bureaucracy, the district management group (DMG), to do a specially designed Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) from the prestigious Lahore University of Management Sciences (Lums). Read Full Story

Using Pocket PC Phone Edition devices as modems via Bluetooth on notebooks - is it indeed as complicated as some state?

“We are done with the PDA for the time being but need to do some more setting on the desktop PC. A Bluetooth driver from Toshiba offers comfortable and quick configuration of the newly connected modem. Click on Advanced Modem Settings and enter the following string in the only possible field: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","APN", where the "APN" should be replaced with APN details of your provider. The last step involves filling in a form where you enter a name for the connection being created in the first field and specify a dial-up string in the second field and leave the rest blank. You can designate this connection as the default one or keep the current default connection unchanged.” (see this) See Full Story

Motricity's Fuel(TM) Wins Mobile Entertainment's Award for ''Best Content Service Delivery Platform''

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2006--Motricity, a leading provider of mobile content services and solutions, has received the award for "Best Content Service Delivery Platform" at the Mobile Entertainment Awards in London. The ME Awards by Mobile Entertainment magazine recognize equally the contributions made by companies creating entertainment applications and those powering their delivery. Read Full Story

Traffic police authorise children to warn traffic law violators

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) have launched a kids traffic awareness programme and authorised children to issue verbal warning to drivers on traffic rules violations. ITP teams visited schools and conducted test about traffic rules after delivering lectures. The candidates who qualified the test were issued cards valid for one year. The card holders can issue verbal warning to drivers found violating speed limit, not stooping on red light, using cell phone, parking vehicles on zebra crossing and no parking areas would get verbal warnings from the children. Full Story

Google Launches AdWords For Mobile Devices

Special Thanks to Imran Aslam Bajwa Google has launched its AdWords service in a new mobile avatar in the UK, US and Germany. Google Inc. is now testing mobile ads to enable Google AdWords’ customers to place marketing messages in Google mobile search results. The service was earlier tested in Japan for over four months. Full Story

More wrongdoings from Handango

Recently we were reporting about several (!) dodgy practices of Handango and formerly we were deservedly (!) bashing Handango - number one mobile software shop - for many years already. Handango is horrible on many levels so clearly it is also wrong that Microsoft cooperates with Handango within Windows Marketplace initiative. Full Story

A Man of Extraordinary Qualities

He's a man of extraordinary accomplishment and ability. He has a good heart. He respect others point of views & opinions. Every should folow him; i am following him. I have to learn a lot from him, God Bless him and God give me chance to work with him so i can get more guidence for a long and Oscillated life.

 

Yahoo! Go for Mobile Available for Windows Mobile Devices

Yahoo! Inc. has made its Yahoo! Go for Mobile service available for consumers to download onto Windows Mobile-powered phones. Now millions of consumers around the world with Windows Mobile-powered phones, such as the Motorola Q, can use Yahoo! Go for Mobile for the first time. Full Story

Plz do pray for Great Pakistani-who has made pakistan undefeatable forever!

A supporter of great Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan showers rose petals to pray for his health on the replica of the Chaghi mountain where Pakistan carried out its first nuclear tests in 1998.

 

Coke, Pepsi face trouble in India over allegations of pesticide residue

When Indian Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss dismissed allegations of unsafe pesticide residues in Coke and Pepsi, many thought the trouble in India for the world's cola giants was over. Full Story

Picture of the Month

A pigeon seeks relief from soaring temperatures in a fountain in Catena Square in Riva Del Garda, northern Italy.