Pakistan Air Force Today

Five F-16 fighter jets from Jordan inducted into Pak Air Force

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Pakistan Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, speaking at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base Mushaf in Sargodha where the force received the fighter planes, said the induction of these jets will further increase efficiency of the Air Force.

He said the PAF is fully prepared for an operation against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

His remarks came as the government is engaged in efforts for a peace dialogue with and the banned outfit.

Ambassador of Jordan and senior PAF and Army officers attended the ceremony.

According to reports, Pakistan had signed a contract with Jordan for the supply of 13 fighter jets.

The inclusion of these jets would take the strength of the PAF F-16s to 76.

It has been reported that PAF had agreed to purchase an entire squadron from Jordan, consisting of 12 A models and one B model.

The jets "were in good condition since they had attained Mid-Life Update (MLU) and they would be providing service for another 20 years with almost 3,000 hours on average available to them for flying", according to a media report.

Geo News...... Jang blocked

Geo, The News, Jang blocked illegally in cantonments

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ISLAMABAD: Geo TV has been blacked out in all cantonment areas and hawkers are not being allowed to distribute daily Jang and The News to subscribers.

It appears as if the ghost of General Ziaul Haq is still haunting the freedom of the press like it had done during the worst dictatorship during the late ’70s and ’80s.Geo TV invited the wrath of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) by airing the apprehensions of senior journalist Hamid Mir through his brother, that too after the near fatal attack on the senior anchorperson.

Instead of using legal means, some forces have directed all the defence institutions and cantonments to black out Geo TV from cable, and the order was complied with in no time. The hawkers in the Cantt areas have also been directed not to supply daily Jang and The News in cantonments all over Pakistan.

The forces who only know how to use muscle instead of reasoning and logic did not wait for the decision of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) where the ISI has lodged a complaint against the Jang Group and instead started implementing the contents of this complaint in the cantonments and defence institutions.

Adoption of legal battle to achieve a remedy against a wrong is always appreciated but, despite knowing the fact that only Pemra can order closure of any channel, these forces have themselves assumed the job of the regulator and have ordered cable operators in Cantt areas not to air Geo TV, which by no means is legal.

However, the poor cable operators have no other choice but to bow before the all-powerful men in boots.Importantly, 95 percent population of cantonments is civilian but they too are forced to bear the consequences of the illegal order originated out of garrisons of blacking out Geo TV and not letting the hawkers to sell/ distribute ‘Daily Jang’ and ‘The News’ in the areas controlled by the Pakistan Army.

Every institution has its jurisdiction and it must remain within the ambit of its jurisdiction otherwise things get worse. If any institution has any issues with Geo TV, there are proper forums where such issues could be addressed. For instance, there is the forum of Pemra and also the courts but some forces only know to use force instead of application of laws.

It is not the first time that the Jang Group has been subjected to such censorship as the subscribers have not forgotten the 1997 and 2007 blackouts by the powerful governments but in the end, it was sanity that prevailed and not the senseless power.

The Jang Group has always been adopting the legal means to fight the wrongs done with it and still many cases, including defamation, are pending before the courts.In the present case, despite adopting the legal channel of action against Geo TV through a complaint lodged with Pemra, the forces, without waiting for the outcome of the complaint, have illegally imposed censorship on Pakistan’s most popular media group. However, the Jang Group lives in the hearts of people; it can be blacked out on cable, hawkers can be stopped from selling its newspapers but how can someone remove Geo/Jang/The News from the hearts of millions of Pakistanis?

3G, 4G Licences Auction Results

3g, 4g Licences Auction Results announced by PTA

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairmanannounced auction results of most-awaited 3g and 4g licenses on Wednesday.

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A Pakistani cellular company, Zong has won 10 Mega Hertz (Mhz) and 18 Mhz spectrums of 3g and 4g licences respectively.

Zong has been declared eligible to purchase one license of 4g technology after winning bid while the cost of one 4g licence is Rs50 billion.

Ufone and Telenor get licenses of 4 Mhz band while Mobilink grabs 21 Mhz band including license of 10 Mhz band of 3g.

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar praised efforts Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Ministry of Information Technology (IT) for organising successful auction event.

Second of two 4g licences could not be sold worth Rs21 billion each at the time while four licences of 3g spectrum has been sold out at Rs111 billion, Dar said.

Transparency in the auction process will be made at any cost and approximately Rs161 income  would be expected after activation of 3g and 4g technologies in Pakistan, he added.

The finance minister congratulated whole nation over successful auction as the development would produce thousands of employments in the country.

ISLAMABAD:
The bids of four leading telecom operators for the auction of 3G and 4G licences, was accepted by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), raising prospects of generating over $1.3billion in revenues for the public purse.

After intense scrutiny, the telecom regulator on Thursday announced the names of successful bidders which are; China Mobile (Zong) PTML (UFone), Mobilink and Telenor Pakistan. However, Warid Telecom Pakistan, owned by the privately-held conglomerate Abu Dhabi Group, did not participate in the bidding process.

According to details, the four telecom giants will now compete for three 3G licences during the auction slated for April 23. “As the demand exceeds supply, the allocation of the spectrum will happen through an auction process,” PTA officials said.

Pakistan, 3G, 4G Licence Auction

$1.1 billion raised from 3G, 4G auction
Pakistan raises $1.1 billion with 3G, 4G licence auction

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday raised more than $1.1 billion in its long-delayed auction of next-generation telecommunications licences, snapped up by the country´s four existing mobile network providers.

The government sold off four licences to provide 3G services, which allow broadband-speed internet on mobile phones, and one for superfast 4G connections.

The total is close to the $1.2 billion estimated for the sale in the federal budget for 2013-14 but below a bullish prediction of $2 billion made by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in January.

The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was elected last year on a platform of boosting Pakistan´s floundering economy and ministers hope the licence sale will bring a boost by improving communications.

 Pakistan has more than 132 million mobile phone subscribers but has lagged behind its neighbours in setting up 3G, which is now the norm in many countries.

Even Afghanistan, Pakistan´s far less developed western neighbour with a weaker economy and more fragile state, has had the technology since 2012.

The successful bidders for 3G services were Norway´s Telenor, Russian-owned Mobilink, Ufone, owned by the Pakistani government, and Zong -- part of China Mobile.

 

All four operators are already established players in the Pakistani mobile market.Zong also won one of two licences available for 4G services. The second will be auctioned later.

Sikanadar Naqi, a Zong advisor, told AFP the company would begin 3G services in the cities of Lahore and Karachi immediately.

 

The final bids for the 3G licences totalled $902.82 million, while the 4G licence went to Zong for the reserve price of $210 million.

Dar said the government would receive half of the money up front and the rest in five annual installments.

The chief executive of Mobilink congratulated fellow bidders and the Pakistan Telecommuncations Authority (PTA) on what he said had been a "transparent" process.

"After this auction, not only 132 million subscribers but the whole Pakistani nation has taken the road of progress," Rashid Khan said. A study by the UK-based Plum consultancy in August last year said 3G could boost Pakistan´s GDP by between 380 billion and 1,180 billion rupees ($3.8 billion to $11.8 billion) by 2020.Up to 900,000 extra jobs could be created and between 23 billion and 70 billion rupees in additional tax revenue generated by 3G, the Plum report said.

Cheap mobile phone telephony took Pakistan by storm in the early 2000s, but only 3.3 million people are signed up to broadband internet, according to PTA figures, offering a huge, untapped market for faster web speeds.

 

Information Technology Minister Anusha Rehman hailed the auction as a boon for Pakistanis unable to afford computers and fixed-lined internet connections.

"Through this, the cheap mobile phones of the under-served people having a price of eight to ten thousand rupees will be become their computers," she said.

But while many welcomed the long-awaited advent of 3G, some on social media lamented the continuing government ban on video-sharing website YouTube.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan raised $903 million in its first auction for 3G mobile phone networks on Wednesday, as well as $210 million for the more advanced 4G spectrum, with four foreign-owned companies emerging as winners from the long-anticipated bidding process.

The four winners of the 3G auction were Russian-owned Mobilink, Chinese-controlled Zong, Norway's Telenor, and Ufone - a company jointly owned by the Pakistan government and the United Arab Emirates' Etisalat.

As for the 4G spectrum, the sole winner was Zong, according to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

Warid Telecom Pakistan, another company operating in Pakistan, did not make any bids.

Ismail Shah, the PTA head, announced the results to reporters after the auction, which lasted all day.

The total opening price of the four lots of 3G licenses was $885 million while there was an increase of $5.9 million in Lot D and $11.92 million in Lot A at the end of the three round auction.

At the end of the auction's first round there was no increase in the bid price whereas there was an increase of $5.9 million in the bid price of Lot D at the end of the second round. Moreover, an increase of $5.9 million and $5.92 million in the bid price of Lot A had taken place by the end of the third and fourth rounds of the auction process.

Ismail Shah had earlier told Dawn that the first round of the license auction process had concluded with the four competing companies agreeing to the base price.

He later said that the bidding companies had three rounds of waiver available at their disposable which had been utilised in the previous three rounds (five - seven).

The addition of another lot of the 3G spectrum licenses was made in accordance to a stipulation in the information memorandum for the spectrum auction.

A view of the PTA website displaying the round-wise results of the auction process.

A view of the PTA website displaying the round-wise results of the auction process.

The PTA committee is authorised to increase the bid price by one to three per cent per round.

The base price for a 3G licence is $295 million and for a 4G licence it’s $210m.

Mobile phone companies can bid for one 10MHz bandwidth licence or the entire spectrum, comprising three 10MHz licences (a total bandwidth of 30MHz).

The four companies participating in the bidding had earlier logged on to the software of the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) for the process.

The introduction of 3G and 4G spectrum in the telecom sector is expected to revolutionise the way subscribers stay connected.

4G provides even faster speeds and ultra-broadband services, putting data-intensive services such as online gaming, high definition mobile TV and video conferencing within the reach of the average consumer.

IPL 2014 Time Table

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The time table and schedule of IPL 7 2014, has been announced by BCCI and IPl committe and is scheduled starting April 16 to June 1, it will be co-hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India while Bangladesh has been kept as a stand-by during elections. The first match will be on Wednesday April 16 and final will be played on Sunday in Mumbai on 1st June, 2014. There are total of 56 matches with 2 qualifiers and 1 eliminator and then the finals. With Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors out of the league, there will be a total of 8 teams competing that includes Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Each team plays the other team twice in the tournament. The final schedule has been finalized by BCCI with info on all venues, dates and times. The first part with 20 matches are being set to be played in UAE while the rest are back in India afterwards. Use the search below to filter matches by venues, teams or timings. IPL 7 Schedule times are given in GMT, EST, IST and PKT (Pakistan local time) for convenience, errors excepted. \

IPL 2014 Time Table

IPL 2014 Time Table

Date/Time	Match	Result
Wed Apr 16 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	1st Match - Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	KKR won by 41 runs
Thu Apr 17 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	2nd Match - Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	RCB won by 8 wickets
Fri Apr 18 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	3rd Match - Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	KXIP won by 6 wickets
Fri Apr 18 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	4th Match - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	RR won by 4 wickets
Sat Apr 19 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	5th Match - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	RCB won by 7 wickets
Sat Apr 19 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	6th Match - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	DD won by 4 wickets
Sun Apr 20 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	7th Match - Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	NA
Mon Apr 21 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	8th Match - Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	NA
Tue Apr 22 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	9th Match - Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	NA
Wed Apr 23 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	10th Match - Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	NA
Thu Apr 24 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	11th Match - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	NA
Fri Apr 25 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	12th Match - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Daredevils Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	NA
Fri Apr 25 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	13th Match - Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	NA
Sat Apr 26 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	14th Match - Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	NA
Sat Apr 26 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	15th Match - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	NA
Sun Apr 27 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	16th Match - Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	NA
Sun Apr 27 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	17th Match - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	NA
Mon Apr 28 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	18th Match - Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	NA
Tue Apr 29 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	19th Match - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	NA
Wed Apr 30 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	20th Match - Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	NA
Fri May 2 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	21st Match - Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi	NA
Sat May 3 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	22nd Match - Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	NA
Sat May 3 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	23rd Match - Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals Ferozeshah Kotla, Delhi	NA
Sun May 4 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	24th Match - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	NA
Mon May 5 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	25th Match - Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad	NA
Mon May 5 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	26th Match - Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings Ferozeshah Kotla, Delhi	NA
Tue May 6 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	27th Match - Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	NA
Wed May 7 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	28th Match - Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders Ferozeshah Kotla, Delhi	NA
Wed May 7 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	29th Match - Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	NA
Thu May 8 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	30th Match - Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad	NA
Fri May 9 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	31st Match - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	NA
Sat May 10 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	32nd Match - Delhi Daredevils vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Ferozeshah Kotla, Delhi	NA
Sat May 10 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	33rd Match - Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	NA
Sun May 11 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	34th Match - Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	NA
Sun May 11 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	35th Match - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	NA
Mon May 12 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	36th Match - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	NA
Tue May 13 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	37th Match - Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi	NA
Tue May 13 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	38th Match - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	NA
Wed May 14 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	39th Match - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	NA
Wed May 14 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	40th Match - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens, Kolkata	NA
Thu May 15 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	41st Match - Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad	NA
Sun May 18 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	Match 42 - Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	NA
Sun May 18 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Match 43 - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	NA
Mon May 19 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	Match 44 - Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad	NA
Mon May 19 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Match 45 - Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab Ferozeshah Kotla, Delhi	NA
Tue May 20 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	Match 46 - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	NA
Tue May 20 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Match 47 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Eden Gardens, Kolkata	NA
Wed May 21 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Match 48 - Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	NA
Thu May 22 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	Match 49 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Eden Gardens, Kolkata	NA
Thu May 22 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Match 50 - Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	NA
Fri May 23 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	Match 51 - Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	NA
Fri May 23 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Match 52 - Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	NA
Sat May 24 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	Match 53 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	NA
Sat May 24 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Match 54 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Eden Gardens, Kolkata	NA
Sun May 25 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT | 15:30 PKT	Match 55 - Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	NA
Sun May 25 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Match 56 - Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	NA
Tue May 27 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Qualifier 1 - TBD vs TBD M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	NA
Wed May 28 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Eliminator - TBD vs TBD M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	NA
Fri May 30 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Qualifier 2 - TBD vs TBD Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	NA
Sun Jun 1 20:00 IST | 14:30 GMT | 19:30 PKT	Final - TBD vs TBD Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	NA