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New licence cell-phone company WARID telecom will start its operation in Pakistan from the beginning of year 2005, said Chairman Warid Telecom and UAE Minister Shiekh Nahayan Mubarak Al-Nayhayan, says a news report. Sheikh Al-Nayhayan, who is also the chairman United Bank Limited, Bank Alflah and the minister for higher technology of the UAE was [...]

Three proposed garment city projects in Lahore, Karachi, and Faisalabad will be functional in the next 15 months, says commerce secretary Tasnim Noorani. Those who attended the meeting included 13 leading garment manufacturers from Faisalabad. The meeting discussed matters relating to the formation of a company to handle the execution of the Faisalabad Garment City [...]

Shell card enables customers to refuel their vehicles round-the-clock from selected Shell stations through out the country. Based on a unique PIN number system, the transactions are completely safe and no one can execute any transactions without correct code…

In order to commercialize the research being conducted in the various universities, research labs, institutes and research centers in Pakistan, Higher Education Commission (HEC) is setting up National Technology Incubators (NTIs) in the country, says Chairman HEC, while chairing the meeting of ‘Technology Incubators in Pakistan’, here today. This would accelerate the process of technology [...]

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited’s (PTCL) offer of free connections is expected to crop some Rs 250 million to Rs 300 million off the state-owned company’s bottom line by the end of current financial year. Business managers at the company have calculated that over 400,000 connections would be provided in the week-long campaign which started Thursday. [...]

The facility would also enable the mobile users to keep their contacts intact even after they change the operator. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided to introduce mobile number portability (MNP) to enable cellular mobile subscribers to retain their mobile phone numbers when they change mobile operators. An official of PTA said that the [...]

Considering Pakistan as a major textile player with specific reference to the upcoming WTO regime, the participants evinced keen interest in the deliberations and information given by the Vice Chairman. Abid Javed Akbar, the Vice Chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), during his visit to the Magic Marketplace and the ASAP Show informed the [...]

Telenor Pakistan and its network infrastructure provider Siemens Information and Communication Mobile have chosen Tecnomen to supply its Voice Mail System (VMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service Centre (MMSC). Delivery will take place this month. The Pakistan market is ripe with potential. As of the end of March of this year, the total mobile phone subscriber [...]

The Global Spirit Airlines will soon inaugurate the air services between Islamabad and Manchester. The airline will operate under the UK Civil Aviation regulations and is initially planning to operate twice weekly from Manchester to Islamabad. The Chairman of the Airlines Tasejad Jeffery said that they were just awaiting the final paperwork from the Pakistani [...]

Pakistan Pavilion at a leading US apparel show ASAP at Las Vegas has attracted a large crowd on the first day. According to information reaching Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) here Tuesday, 17 Pakistani exhibitors received a positive and encouraging response at the show which was opened on August 30, 2004. Fruit of Looms has an [...]