Tag: Phones

Altaf phones president, PM

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Thursday held telephonic conversations with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Interior...

Stolen mobile phones, weapons seized, eight arrested

Shehzad Town police on Wednesday busted an inter-provincial gang involved in dacoities and street crimes and recovered weapons, a bike and snatched mobiles from...

PML-Q MP accuses govt of tapping phones

In a rare show of concern, Nausheen Saeed, a legislator from the PML-Q, on Monday accused the government of hacking the phones of the...

Seize illegal mobile phones, orders LHC

Justice Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday allowed collector of Customs Department Lahore to seize 200 mobile phone sets along with...

Shujaat phones Altaf; seeks 12-hour time to resolve issues

Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President has telephoned MQM chief Altaf Hussain seeking 12-hour time for resolution of all the issues including reconsideration of MQM...

Obama phones Zardari, discusses bilateral ties

US President Barak Obama telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday and discussed bilateral ties and the latest situation in the region. Both leaders agreed...

NHMP to educate motorists about hazards of cellular phones

National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) N-Central on Saturday launched a three-week special campaign to brief and educate motorists about the hazards of...

President phones Ahmadinejad

President Asif Ali Zardari telephoned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday evening and discussed bilateral relations, economic cooperation and the regional situation with him....

Apple sues Samsung over mobile phones, tablets

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple has filed a lawsuit against Samsung claiming that the South Korean electronic giant's mobile phones and tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, copy the iPhone and the iPad.
The website of the US District Court for the Northern District of California shows that Apple filed the case against Samsung in San Francisco on Friday but the complaint itself has not yet been entered in the electronic data base.
The Wall Street Journal obtained a copy of the 38-page

UK PM phones Gilani; bilateral and regional issues discussed

Islamabad - British Prime Minister David Cameron called Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani over telephone on Friday to follow up on the very useful discussions on bilateral and regional issues, held during his visit to Islamabad on April 5th.
According to a Press Release, David Cameron apprised the Prime Minister that his Government was proactively pursuing Pakistan's case with EU for greater market access, as well as for dispatch of EU's Fisheries' delegation to Pakistan.

Taliban shut down cell phones in Afghan province

KABUL - All mobile phone services in a southern Afghan province whose capital will be among the first towns to be placed under local control have been shut down on Taliban orders, an operator said on Thursday. The move underscores the power still wielded by the insurgents in Helmand, Afghanistan's largest province and the heartland of the global opium trade, as NATO prepares to hand over control of its capital Lashkar Gar this summer. MTN, one of Afghanistan's four mobile phone

Shujaat phones Altaf, meets Awan

ISLAMABAD - President Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Monday advised Quaid Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain to exercise restraint and not to make hasty decision of Muttahida's parting ways with the coalition government.
Talking to him over the phone, Shujaat Hussain asked Altaf Hussain to stay in the ruling alliance as MQM's pull-out from the PPP-led coalition government would either push opposition parties to forge an alliance with the PML-N for

JIT to submit forensic report on BB’s cell phones in court

ISLAMABAD - The joint investigation team (JIT) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probing into the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will present to the Anti-Terrorism Court a forensic report of the BlackBerry cellular phones of the slain PPP leader, recovered a few days ago from one of her personal staff members.
A source in the FIA told Pakistan Today on Friday that authorities would be in a position to submit the forensic report in the court by the next

PM ignores norms, phones Indian parliament speaker

ISLAMABAD - In an unusual diplomatic initiative, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday telephoned India's Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to exchange New Year's greetings.
"The prime minister conveyed his good wishes to her," an official said. "Meira Kumar had sent a message of greetings to the prime minister on New Year's eve. Matters of mutual interest were also discussed during the telephonic conversation," the official said.
Another senior official said: "The prime

Altaf phones Elahi and Rashid

KARACHI - MQM chief Altaf Hussain telephoned PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and AML chief Sheikh Rashid on Sunday and informed them about the reasons which compelled the MQM to the treasury benches.
During the conversation, Hussain assured the two leaders that despite the MQM's recent move, his party would continue fighting for the rights of the people.
"The MQM will keep raising voice against the government's anti-public decisions despite being part of federal

David Cameron phones Zardari

ISLAMABAD: British Prime Minister David Cameron telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday to discuss his forthcoming visit to Pakistan, bilateral matters and the general security situation in the region.
The contact was significant, as it was a high-level contact between both leaders amid reports in the British media that President Zardari had snubbed Cameron and asked him to delay his visit.
However, officials rejected such reports, calling them a pack of lies. "As