01/15/13 ~ Mera Pak Watan

Chairman PTA Terminated, LHC Terms the Appointment Illegal: ProPakistani

Chairman PTA Terminated, LHC Terms the Appointment Illegal
Mobile Phone Services Suspended For Over 24 Hours in Islamabad / Rawalpindi
Huawei Outs its Water Resistant Ascend D2 Smartphone
HP Showcases Budget Pavilion Sleekbooks
Lenovo Reveals the Convertible ThinkPad Helix PC

Chairman PTA Terminated, LHC Terms the Appointment Illegal

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 02:45 AM PST

In middle of political unrest in Islamabad, Lahore High Court has terminated Muhammad Farooq Awan, the Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, in an order today that said the appointment of Chairman was illegal and not in accordance to laws. Hearing a petition filed by Khawaja Saad Saleem (of Nayatel), that had challenged the appointment of Mr. Farooq Awan as Chairman PTA, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah [...]

Mobile Phone Services Suspended For Over 24 Hours in Islamabad / Rawalpindi

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 01:38 AM PST

On directions of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, cellular services are suspended in twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi for over 24 hours now. Citing the advisory from Interior Ministry, the regulator had asked all cellular operators to suspend mobile phone and wireless services on the route of Long March that is headed by Dr. Tahirul Qadri. Mobile services were suspended – on account of security threats [...]

Huawei Outs its Water Resistant Ascend D2 Smartphone

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:23 AM PST

Although the huge Ascend Mate is a great product, the star of the show in Huawei’s camp at CES was the Ascend D2, Huawei’s flagship phone. Just like most of its competitors, it also packs a 5 inch display with Full HD resolution but unlike its bigger brother, Ascend Mate, it is a lot more portable. Huawei Ascend D2 runs on Android 4.1 and features [...]

HP Showcases Budget Pavilion Sleekbooks

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 11:52 PM PST

It may look so but not everything shown at CES was ultra-expensive. There were some budget laptops worth liking there too and among them are these two sleek laptops. We should make this a bit clear in the beginning: the two laptops are called the Pavilion TouchSmart Sleekbook and Pavilion Sleekbook respectively and as clear by its name, the former has got a touchscreen… and [...]

Lenovo Reveals the Convertible ThinkPad Helix PC

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 10:54 PM PST

Lenovo was definitely among the busier PC companies in CES this year. They’ve launched a wide variety of products during the event, most of them being quite pleasing and the ThinkPad Helix too was certainly among its high points. The idea of a laptop/tablet convertible isn’t new but it has so far, not been implemented in Windows 8 a lot of times. Lenovo seems to [...]