Copyright infringement: EMI issues notice to Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan
It appears that Shafqat, who just released the music video for 'Dil Dharakne Ka Sabab' has violated the copyrights of the song, which belongs to EMI Pakistan...
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PakistanEMI Pakistan sends legal notice, bars use of 'Bhar Do Jholi' in Bajrangi Bhaijaan
The qawali's copyright holders, EMI Pakistan, has issued a legal notice that bars the film from using the song without the fulfillment of legal formalities...
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PakistanCopyright issues come home as EMI says DMPS hasn't credited a classic song
Is local cinema confused about copyrights?That's what recent legal notices issued by EMI to this year's crop of films seems to suggest...
Bajrangi Bhaijaan's use of the Sabri brother's Bhar Do Joli 'without the fulfillment of legal requirements' prompted EMI Pakistan to take action...
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PakistanSindh wants registration of mobile phones against CNIC numbers
ISLAMABAD: To curb snatching of mobile phones and their trade, the Sindh government approached the interior ministry on Wednesday for registration of mobile phones against CNIC numbers...
In this regard, the Sindh home department wrote to the interior secretary, “A meeting for curbing sale and purchase of snatched mobile phones was held on July 31 under the chairmanship of the home minster with all stakeholders, including...
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PakistanSindh govt developing software to recover stolen, snatched mobile phones
Sindh government is developing software which will enable the user to remotely lock the phone in case it’s stolen or snatched, a high level security meeting was informed on Wednesday...
The meeting to oversee the progress made in efforts to curb street crimes in the metropolis, chaired by Sindh IG Allah Dino (AD) Khawaja, was attended by senior officials including AIG Mushtaq Maher, DIG Sultan Ali Khawaja and Citizens-Police Liaison...
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PakistanNA-246 by-election: Mobile phones not to be allowed inside polling stations
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has banned voters from carrying mobile phones inside the polling stations for by-election in NA-246, Karachi –VIII...
In a notification issued here on Tuesday, the ECP issued a notification that no-one would be allowed to carry mobile phones in the polling stations...
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WorldIndian village bans women from using mobile phones
An Indian village has banned women from using mobile phones in public in an attempt to restrict their contacts with men and plans hefty fines for violators, police said Wednesday...
Village elders ruled that women found using a mobile phone outside their homes would be fined Indian Rs21,000 rupees ? a sum it would take most rural Indians several months to earn...
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ArchiveNotebook: Evolution of mobile phones
That’s for those who couldn’t afford the game-changing mobile phones, that is!Pakistanis, especially Karachiites, had been waiting for mobile phones ever since Star Trek was aired on TV; Knight Rider made them believe that there will be a time when a person could call anyone, anywhere from his car...
Before car phones could make their entry big time, mobile phones invaded the market...
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ArchiveMobile phones banned in classes
LAKKI MARWAT: The district education department here has asked the teachers of government schools to avoid using mobile phones in classrooms...
Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2015On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play...
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PakistanSilent mobile phones stress Bajaur tribesmen
The people complained to Dawn that they’re struggling to get in contact with relatives and friends living in different parts of the country and abroad due to the suspension of the mobile phone services, the only way of communication in the region...
The local administration had suspended the mobile phone services in Bajaur on March 15 for security reasons...
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Pakistan‘Biggest lot’ of illegal mobile phones seized from PIA staffer
KARACHI: Acting on a tip-off, the customs authorities caught a Pakistan International Airlines staffer at the airport and recovered 1,264 mobile phones and nine bottles of liquor being smuggled into the country, registered a case against him and obtained his remand on Thursday...
Speaking at a press conference at the airport, customs additional collector Dr Tahir Qureshi said that this was the largest contraband consignment of mobile...
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MagazinesOpinion: Do students need mobile phones?
By Muhammad Yawar ShiraziIT is a hot debate whether students should use mobile phones or not, because there are so many advantages and disadvantages of this gadget...
Let’s see how mobile phone can justify its use!If we consider the advantages, the foremost one is that they can be used in emergency situations...
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ArchiveMobile phones ‘transforming’ Africa
CAPE TOWN: The rapid spread of mobile phones across Sub-Saharan Africa is transforming the region, but record levels of growth are due to slow sharply, an industry report said this week...
7 per cent of gross domestic product, according to a study released at a conference in Cape Town by the GSMA association which represents mobile operators...
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PakistanKhursheed denies involvement in mobile phones scandal
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah said on Friday that he had nothing to do with the purchase of mobile phones for Haj pilgrims when he was federal minister for religious affairs in 2012, nor did he see any conspiracy behind ‘resurrection’ of the scandal at this point in time...
He said that although he was federal minister he had nothing to do with the purchase of mobile phones nor...
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PakistanPIA sacks steward for trying to smuggle mobile phones from UK
KARACHI: The management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Tuesday terminated the service of a flight steward who was caught by United Kingdom authorities at the Heathrow airport while trying to smuggle mobile phones through a PIA flight on Monday afternoon...
During checking at the airport three mobile phones were found in his possession...
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