Telecom customers will live on without any tax reduction that is announced in 2012-13 budget for majority of other sectors which were paying greater than 16 percent general sales tax.
Dr. Mohammad Yasin, Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, will reportedly step down from his position next month. We have asked our readers to decide about the performance of Dr. Yasin. For which, you can participate in a performance poll.
Half yearly revenues of the telecom sector have reached to all time high of Rs 197.68 billion during the first half (July-December 2011) of current financial year.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has set the launch of country’s first IT university, by soft opening the first campus of Pakistan Technology University at Arfa Karim Software Technology Park in Lahore.
Faisalabad has been mentioned as best (user-contributed) mapped city on Google Maps, thanks to millions of inputs from enthusiastic mappers from Pakistan. Brian McClendon, VP of Google Maps has said that Faisalabad is so well mapped that it is now more detailed mapped city than any American city.