Saudi Arabia to unblock WhatsApp, Viber and Skype
Online video calling apps, including WhatsApp, Skype and Viber, will be unblocked in Saudi Arabia from next week, Arab News reported...
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PakistanOmbudsman starts hearing complaints on Skype
ISLAMABAD: Taking a new initiative, Federal Ombudsman Salman Faruqui has started hearing complaints of overseas Pakistanis on Skype...
He said a complainant lodged a complaint through Skype against officials of the Pakistan Consulate in New York and the ombudsman resolved the issue instantly with the help of the staff at the consulate...
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PakistanSnapchat, Skype among services not ensuring user privacy: Amnesty
Only three out of 11 companies with popular messaging apps take measures to safeguard user privacy, while Snapchat and Skype/Microsoft are among those failing to adopt basic privacy protections on their services, revealed an Amnesty International (AI) report released this week...
"Despite Microsoft’s strong policy commitment to human rights, it is still using a weak form of encryption on Skype, scoring 40 and leaving it four places...
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WorldUAE blocks access to Skype over 'unlicensed VoIP calls'
United Arab Emirate’s telecom providers Etisalat and Du have confirmed that Skype has been blocked throughout the country over "unlicensed Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls", Gulf News reported on Sunday...
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ArchiveAmid Arab boycott, Qatar’s new friends find rich openings
Since several Arab countries launched an economic boycott of Qatar a year ago, the tiny Gulf state has had to find alternative partners for trade and investment...
Aided by its massive natural gas wealth, it has rapidly made new friends...
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ArchivePakistan does not abandon friends and strategic partners: PM Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Amidst unsubstantiated rumours that Pakistan will commit troops to Saudi Arabia for the protection of its borders, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in an address today urged a peaceful solution to the Yemen crisis through dialogue with warring factions and reiterated the importance of the Saudi Kingdom as a ‘strategic ally’...
"Pakistan does not abandon friends and strategic partners, specially at a time when their security is...
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Pakistan'Ronaldinho and Friends' arrive in Pakistan amidst tight security
Keen to shine a spotlight on the underrepresented footballing talent in Pakistan, Brazillian football legend Ronaldinho, Manchester United's Ryan Giggs and five other international football stars arrived in Islamabad on Saturday...
In addition to the international stars, the teams will also consist of Pakistan's emerging football talent...
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SportRonaldinho and friends play match in Karachi to boost Pakistan football
Brazil's Ronaldinho and a host of other former top footballers played an exhibition match in Pakistan on Saturday in a push to encourage people in the cricket-mad nation to take up the game...
The group dubbed “Ronaldinho and friends” also includes former Manchester United stalwart Ryan Giggs, former England goalkeeper David James, Dutch star George Boateng, former French players Robert Pires and Nicolas Anelka, and Portuguese player...
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ArchiveTerry joins ‘Ronaldinho and Friends’ in Pakistan visit
KARACHI: Chelsea legend John Terry has become the latest player to join ‘Ronaldinho and Friends’ in their visit to Pakistan next month for an exhibition match, organisers Leisure Leagues announced at a ceremony on Friday...
England defender Terry, who left Chelsea at the end of the season last month, will be the eighth and final player in the team which will be led by Brazil superstar Ronaldinho and plays against a team featuring...
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WorldPakistan, Haqqani network are not 'friends', says Aizaz Chaudhry
A day after a top US Central Command official acknowledged Pakistan's efforts against the deadly Haqqani network, Ambassador to the United States (US) Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said the Haqqani network is not Pakistan's "friend"...
“The Haqqani Network, for one, acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency,” retired Admiral Mike Mullen told the US Senate Armed Services Committee in 2011...
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PakistanTeenager set on fire allegedly by friends over monetary dispute
A teenager was set on fire allegedly by his friends over some monetary dispute in Surjani Town of Karachi, police said on Sunday...
Asif Ali, 15, met his friends ostensibly to settle a monetary dispute in Sector-7 of Surjani Town, however, “something happened” there and the suspects allegedly set him on fire, Chandio said...
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ArchiveObama pokes fun at political friends and foes at White House dinner
WASHINGTON: At the gathering he jokingly called “a night when Washington celebrates itself”, US President Barack Obama took light-hearted aim on Saturday at a range of political friends and foes, including the people running to succeed him...
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WorldFacebook shifts News Feed, gives priority to friends
WASHINGTON: Facebook said Tuesday it was reconfiguring its News Feed, in a move aimed at giving people more information about what is happening to “the friends you care about...
Read: Facebook ‘newspaper’ spells trouble for mediaOne of the key changes aims “to ensure that content posted directly by the friends you care about, such as photos, videos, status updates or links, will be higher up in News Feed so you are less likely to miss...
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ArchiveFumbling with friends
Pakistan's relations with Saudi Arabia and its GCC allies have been damaged significantly by Islamabad’s refusal to join the Arab coalition formed to push back the Iran-linked Houthis in Yemen...
The Saudis were ‘jolted’ by Pakistan’s position and the manner in which it was reached...
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ArchiveGuardiola seeks to outwit old friends as Bayern, Barca collide
Guardiola has already won the Bundesliga title this season however he must now find a way to outwit former team-mate, the Barca coach Luis Enrique, and a host of his former charges including Lionel Messi who are in sensational form...
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