A little disclaimer to pacify the wrath (that I may face) of BlackBerry lovers: The idea behind this article is not to denounce or to find faults with the BlackBerry OS. If anything, I believe it to be one of the most secureed mobile operating systems in the world. Instead, it is an effort to talk about how the integrity of communications originating from a BlackBerry device can be compromised. The ‘memo’ c ...

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Petroleum and Natural Resources Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry on Wednesday revealed that petroleum prices will see a major hike in seven days. Chaudhry was briefing the parliamentary committee on oil prices. The meeting was chaired by Rana Tanveer, who later walked out in protest over the upcoming price hike. The petroleum secretary had informed the committee that keeping in view global prices ...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The Acting President Farooq H. Naek, Wednesday, said that Pakistan-China friendship was based on complete mutual trust and respect and it was an all-weather and time-tested relationship. While talking to a high level delegation of former Chinese Envoys to Pakistan here at Parliament House Naek remarked that Pakistan and China enjoyed complete convergence of views on all bilateral, regiona ...

KARACHI, Feb 22: The second batch of two modified P3C aircraft were into Pakistan navy fleet at naval Aviation Base in Karachi, says a release of Directorate of Public Relations (NAVY). The aircraft modified with latest avionics/ sensors are part of US assistance being provided to Pakistan Navy under FMF (Foreign Military Funding) program. Pakistan Navy is to receive a total of six such aircraft from the US ...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Tariq Asad, counsel for missing persons, Tuesday pleaded in the Supreme Court for contempt of court proceedings against Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) saying it distorted the facts giving wrong impression to the public. He in his petition said that ISPR released official statement to the media in which the misinformation was given to the public that the missing persons, whom the c ...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani directed Commerce Ministry and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan TDAP to focus on fruits and vegetables export by improving supply chain and meet quality world standards.     Speaking Wednesday at TDAP presentation on export promotion strategy of fruits, vegetables and related issues at PM House, Gilani noted fruits export doubled and veget ...

A law enforcement officer has been killed and three others injured in a roadside bomb explosion in the restive Syrian city of Homs. According to Syrian sources, the roadside bomb went off on a highway on Wednesday as a group of law enforcement officers were inspecting the site of an earlier explosion in the area. Two Western journalists have been killed in Homs after shells hit the makeshift media center in ...

  DUBAI, Feb 22: Pakistan captain Misbah ul-Haq said his side are desperate to redress the balance in a Twenty20 international against England Thursday after a one-day series whitewash by the tourists. England on Tuesday completed a 4-0 rout over the Pakistanis, and showed a big improvement from their 3-0 defeat in the preceding three-Test series. Misbah wants his side to regain the upper hand, but als ...

  DUBAI, Feb 22: Ana Ivanovic defeated Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 7-5 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships. Peng Shuai of China ousted six-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-3, winning six straight games to wrap up the final set. Ivanovic breezed through the first set, holding her Italian opponent to just one game in 33 minutes. Schiavone made it competitive in the second ...

  LAHORE, Feb 22: The Pakistan Cricket Board has suggested the ICC executive board evolve a consensus among cricket boards on the recommendations of the Woolf report on cricket's global governance before deciding whether to implement it or not. This comes a week after Cricket Australia said the ICC executive board would be "silly" to simply reject the recommendations of the Woolf report; that itself wa ...