The trillion dollar smartphone industry with its telecom carriers, handset makers and content providers is now gearing up for its growth in the Asian market. Director at mobile advertiser Flurry Inc, Mary Ellen Gordon said that the centre of gravity in the mobile ecosystem is likely to shift from the United States and Western Europe toward Asia, Stuff.co.nz reports. According to the report, ...
Pak media regulator bans channels from airing immoral condom ad
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has ordered all TV channels to immediately stop broadcasting a contraceptive advertisement after receiving a number of complaints. In a letter written to the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), Pemra said that such advertisements were perceived as indecent, immoral and in sheer disregard to the country's socio-cultural and religious ...
US says zero-option in Afghanistan post-2014 not in Washington- Islamabad interest
Withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan after 2014 and leaving none behind was not in the interests of either country, the US ambassador to Kabul has said. Ambassador James Cunningham said that the zero choice, of leaving no troops behind, would not be a choice that the US would want. He said that withdrawing the force would not be in interest of the Afghan people or of the United ...
Gilani ready for arrest if done anything illegal
Former Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he is ready to get arrested if he has done anything illegal. Gilani said there was nothing wrong in appointing Tauqir Sadiq as chairman of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra). He added that decisions taken by him as prime minister were legal and constitutional and he was not afraid of the consequences. According to the Dawn ...
Sri Lanka beat South Africa to take 2-0 lead in five-match ODI series
Hosts Sri Lanka have beaten South Africa in the 2nd ODI of the five-match series in a rain-affected 17 run victory in Colombo. According to Sky Sports, Sri Lanka were declared winners on the Duckworth-Lewis Method after the visitors, set a revised target of 176 in 29 overs, could only reach 104-5 off 21 overs when rain forced the teams off again, with no more play possible. The hosts, who won ...
Nawaz wants to regulate armys role in policy making
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wants to regulate the army's role in the policy-making process of the country. Leaked documents of the Proposed-Counter-Terrorism-Strategy revealed that the PML-N government is planning to establish National Counter Terrorism Force (NCTF) and National Counter Insurgency Force (NCIF) with the powers of intelligence and law enforcement. Senior officials in ...
Cashew Sellers Struggle Against Rising Cost of Commodities Competition From Supermarkets
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA Kumari Weerasinghe, 38, rushes to set up her packages of spiced, roasted and boiled cashew nuts to sell on the roadside. She displays them on an old, wooden table every day in Kajugama, which means Village of Cashew Nuts. After completing her household chores every morning, Weerasinghe waits for her elder daughter to come home from school. Then, she brings her two younger ...
US Presses Rwanda to End Support for M23 Rebels
The United States is calling on Rwanda to end its support of M23 rebels and withdraw its military personnel from war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, speaking Tuesday, linked Rwanda directly to the ongoing violence in the eastern DRC and said fighting has driven a new wave of refugees into border towns. Psaki also urged the government in ...
India-Pakistani dialogue needed for stable Afghanistan Envoy
Increased dialogue between India and Pakistan could help ensure peace and stability in Afghanistan in the wake of the international forces drawdown slated for 2014, Afghanistan Ambassador Shaida M. Abdali said here Tuesday. "We are hoping for an increased India-Pakistan dialogue for Afghanistan that is exactly what we want.. A stable Afghanistan will be beneficial for the entire South Asian ...
Myanmar vows to strengthen ties with China
Myanmar President U Thein Sein has assured China that his country will continue to pursue a friendly policy towards Beijing and advance ties between the two countries. Talking to visiting Fan Changlong, vice chairman of China's central military commission, in the capital, the president said Myanmar would continue to pursue a friendly policy toward Beijing and make unremitting efforts to push ...
Foreign trade office seeks suggestions to enhance trade with Pakistan
To enhance trade between India and Pakistan, the exporters and Importers would be holding a meeting with the high-level official delegation at Integrated Check Post (ICP) tomorrow. The Indian foreign trade office was seeking the proposals and suggestions from the traders for the early development of much-needed infrastructure at the ICP on both sides of Pakistan and India. According to ...
Guidelines for Pakistan presidential poll issued
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday issued guidelines for parliamentarians regarding voting in the Aug 6 presidential election. According to the guidelines, the country's new president will be elected via a secret ballot, as parliamentarians will have to place a cross next to the name of the candidate they are voting for, Geo News reported. It said the parliamentarians would be ...
70 of $10mln Malala Girls Education Fund to be used in Pakistan
70 percent of the 10 million dollars 'Malala Fund for Girl's Right to Education', announced by Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari will reportedly be used in Pakistan and the remainder is earmarked for Afghanistan. According to the Express Tribune, Pakistan and UNESCO signed the historic memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish this fund with 10 million dollars as seed money. The ...
Pak government knew all about scores of civilian killings in US drone strikes in country
A recently revealed classified Pakistani government document states that scores of civilians died during the CIA-led drone strikes in the country's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) from 2006-2009 and Pakistani officials were 'aware of those deaths for many years'. According to the Dawn, the document quoted by quoted by the London Bureau of Investigative Journalism (LBIJ) states for ...
MQM files Rs.5 billion defamation lawsuit against Imran Khan for chiefs character assassination
The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has reportedly filed a defamation suit worth 5billion rupees against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for the alleged character assassination of MQM chief Altaf Hussain. According to the Express Tribune, MQM leaders Farooq Sattar and Senator Farogh Naseem personally filed the suit for Hussain's character assassination in the wake of PTI ...
Proposed US House Bill Keeps Egypt Military Aid
WASHINGTON Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives panel in charge of foreign aid proposed on Thursday that military aid for Egypt be kept at $1.3 billion next year, one of few programs left unscathed in a bill seeking steep cuts in international spending. The draft spending bill from Republican leaders of the House Appropriations committee puts conditions on the military aid, ...
World Bank working on Indo-Pak trade facilitation policy to boost business across Wagah
A 12-member World Bank team had visited the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to discuss expansion of facilities for Indo-Pak trade through Wagah border. The Express Tribune reports that LCCI has suggested introducing electronic data exchange on both sides. LCCI also said that testing facilities should also be made available at the border, since there is a lack of awareness about ...
Indonesian Nazi-themed cafe to reopen with WWII theme sans swastika symbols
The controversial Nazi-themed cafe in Indonesia will reportedly reopen with a broader World War II theme, however, sans the swastika symbols. The SoldatenKaffee (The Soldiers' Cafe) ornamented with Nazi-related memorabilia was voluntarily shut down on Friday following death threats to the owner Henry Mulyana, who is accused of inciting racial hatred, The Courier Mail reports. The report said ...
Misbah not suitable to lead Pak in 2015 World Cup says ex-great Mudassar
Former Pakistani cricketer Mudassar Nazar has said that Pakistani Test and ODI captain Misbah-ul Haq is not the person to lead the national team going into the 2015 World Cup. According to www.PakPassion.net, Nazar, who played 76 Tests and 122 ODIs for Pakistan between 1976 and 1989, scoring almost 7,000 runs and taking 175 wickets, said the World Cup is still a long way away even though Misbah ...
Explosion Kills 1 Wounds 18 in Egypt
Security officials say the blast in Mansoura, about 100 kilometers north of Cairo, happened when unknown assailants threw a bomb from a car. The attack comes amid weeks of political turmoil in Egypt following the military's ouster of President Mohamed Morsi. A spokesman for interim President Adly Mansour said the bombing was an act of terrorism, but "will not waver ...
Police Break Up Bulgaria Parliament Blockade
Police in Bulgaria's capital have broken through anti-government protesters' blockade of Parliament and have escorted out more than 100 lawmakers, ministers and journalists who had been trapped inside for more than eight ...
EDHEC-Risk Institute unveils major scholarship program for Asia-Pacific
EDHEC Risk Institute-Asia has officially introduced a scholarship scheme aimed at facilitating the participation of outstanding professionals in the executive track of its doctoral program in Singapore.The scheme is to support the build-up of a strong, home-grown cohort of financial sector and capital market leaders within the Association of South East Asian Nation (ASEAN) countries and the ...
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