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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court dismissed on Thursday a petition against banning mobile chat services and late-night packages after petitioners withdrew their petition. The petitioners – Cell phone companies Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Warid and Zong – through their counsel Ali Raza requested the court to allow them to withdraw their...

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Wednesday successfully conducted the training launch of Medium Range Ballistic Missile Hatf-V (Ghauri). The launch was conducted by a Strategic Missile Group of the Army Strategic Force Command on the culmination of a field training exercise that was aimed at testing the operational readiness of the Army...

CNG stations across the country went on an indefinite strike from Monday to protest against the reduction in sale price, causing great deal of trouble for commuters. The CNG stations owners claim that they cannot sell the gas on the reduced price, saying that the incurring losses are unbearable for...

It is reported that 110 .pk sites hacked by turkish hackers, I was the first one to inform on the twitter and Facebook about Google Pakistan website has been hacked, I wasn't sure about who hacked and why, now after few hours getting the report that around 110 website (...

November 24, 2012 - Mobile Service suspended by 6 AM PST in 49 major cities of Pakistan. The decision to suspend mobile phone services in the country was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by Interior Minister Rehman Malik in Islamabad on Friday to review security measures adopted to provide peaceful...

November 24, 2012 - In the early hours around 6 am PST, Google Pakistan search engine www.google.com.pk  hacked by Anonymous which hasn't been restored yet, Most of the people are unaware of it because Cellular Networks are already down in various cities for two days, none is able to access via GRPS....

PTA really banned it .. Well It was like happiness can't be defined in words as I was reading comments on  Facebook and elsewhere,people thanking PTA as if  invading Israel, however the truth is PTA ordered, Cellular Networks to Ban Late Night Offers, where as they are likely to take Government...

The government has finalised a massive increase in gas prices for all sectors under Petroleum Levy on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Gas Infrastructure Development Surcharge (GIDS) for fertiliser, industrial, commercial and domestic consumers wef January 1, 2012. According to sources in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, gas...

  The consignment weighs about 50 tons and is worth more than USD100,000, Alireza Aqaei, the IRCS representative in Pakistan said on Saturday. He added that the relief aid was sent to the people of Jacobabad district in Sindh province, one of the worst hit areas. The Iranian official said...

November 16, 2012 - Islamabad,  Sen.Rehman Malik said that Youtube will be restored back with in 20 days, Since it is officially blocked in Pakistan, after PTA makes proper measurements to block all Anti-Religion video links, expected to resume it back in upcoming month, in 20 days.

On 20 April 2012, approx 18:40 pm PST,The Flight 213 lost the contact with control tower, a Boeing 737-200 (AP-BKC), Bhoja Air Flight 213 carrying 127 people on a flight from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport destined for Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport crashed near Chaklala killing all on board. Pakistani Defense Ministry...

November 3, 2012 - The Supreme Court has ordered the Sindh government to take immediate action against all armed groups in Karachi, including the Taliban. In an interim order issued Saturday, the Supreme Court’s bench hearing the Karachi law and order case directed the provincial government to arrest all prisoners...