Bannu twin blasts toll climbs to 15; curfew imposed

The death toll in Bannu twin blasts has mounted to 15 including 9 policemen while over 30 police personnel have been injured Thursday, police source said.

A blast ripped through Bannu police line 2, one kilometer from Bannu central market that injured several policemen, police said.

The second blast occurred at the same site where rescue and relief activities were underway. It killed 15 people including 9 police personnel and injured over 30 others including DPO Bannu Iqbal Marwat.

DMS District Headquarters Hospital Bannu told Geo News that 5 bodies were brought to the facility out of which 9 were clad in police uniform. Other bodies also appear to be those of policemen in civvies, he added.

Dr. Hafeez said the condition of DPO Bannu is in critical condition and that medical treatment is being provided to him.

Curfew has been imposed in Bannu following the deadly blasts.

Ufone introduces “Awaz Email”, the first service of its kind

Ufone recently launched the first of its kind “Awaz Email” which allows users to send a voice message to any email address anywhere in the world. By launch of this innovative service, Ufone the leader in innovation has once again taken the telecom industry by storm.

The customers only have to dial 4412 from their Ufone and record the message they wish to send. This interactive voice recorded service gives the customer the option to listen to the message before it is sent and if required the message can be changed before sending. For customer convenience an SMS is sent to the sender after the message has been confirmed to reply with the recipients email address, after which the sender will get a confirmation SMS that the Awaz Email has been sent.

The launch of this service has given customers all over Pakistan a well deserved change and will allow all to make their messages more personalized than ever before.

Mr. Akbar Khan Chief Marketing Officer Ufone said, “Over the last two years Ufone has made a mark as a leader in innovation within the telecom industry by introducing new and out of the box innovative products and services”. He added, “At Ufone we look to be way more aggressive in the year ahead and promise to bring a smile to all by providing our valued customers with more exhilarating and ground-breaking services”.

Mrs Pakistan World 2010 off to London, England to Revive the Arts

Tahmena Bokhari, Mrs Pakistan World, 2010 joins other speakers in London, England on February 16th to encourage Muslims to reclaim their artistic and cultural heritage. Children in certain Muslim homes are increasingly discouraged from participating in drama, art and music. A conference organised by British Muslims for Secular Democracy (bmsd) and supported by the British Council will address this problem and the consequences. “Free Muslims: Autonomy and Creativity” challenges those who seek to close down theMuslim mind by claiming Islam forbids artistic expression, leisure and cultural activities.

This is aligned with Ms. Bokhari’s overall message that we must work to develop positive and healthy communities around the world. Having a personal passion for the arts, as she hobbies as a photographer, fashion designer, painter and writer, she firmly believes that creative outlets are a necessary part of a healthy life. She has also used art in providing forms of therapy as a social worker with her clients and children in countries such as Pakistan and Cambodia. This premise of thisconference is also insync with the motto of the Mrs. Pakistan World organization on building a modern Pakistan. Ms. Bokhari believes that developing these outlets in all countries, but especially in places like Pakistan, can be a method of redirecting youth from violence and involvement with gangs and terrorist groups.

Professor Tahmena Bokhari commented that, “A sign of healthy children and communities around the world is access to positive outlets for emotional and physical energy, such as the creative arts including poetry, literature, painting, dance, music and so on. Creativity is considered to be a divine blessing in Islam. Islam furnishes us with numerous examples ofMuslim creativity, from calligraphy in the Golden Age to Sami Yusuf’s debut album ‘al-Mu’allim’. We must ensure fourteen hundred years of Islamic contributions to art, culture, literature, and history are not pushed aside in favour of a hardline interpretation of theMuslim faith.”

The bmsd Conference is taking place at the SOAS Brunei Gallery in central London on 16th February 2010 from 10am to 2pm.

NUML Registrar Brigadier (retd.) Obaidullah Ranjha resigns

Brigadier (retd.) Obaidullah Ranjha, the Registrar of National University of Modern Languages, has stepped down here on Wednesday.

Brig Ranjha tendered his resignation to the university’s Rector Prof Aziz Ahmed, who accepted it in the best interest of the university.

Earlier in the day, the NUML Registrar appeared before the four-member inquiry committee and apprised the committee of details about thrashing of Professor Tahir Malik.

He was accused of thrashing and assaulting Professor Tahir Malik. The move angered the students and other professors, who staged demonstrations and demanded his ouster from the varsity

Google Launched Google Buzz in Gmail a Social Networking Tool

Google have launched a new social networking tool in Gmail in the name of Google Buzz. The official Google blog has introduced this product yesterday. Here is a selection from Google official blog

We’ve blogged before about our thoughts on the social web, steps we’ve taken to add social features to our products, and efforts like OpenSocial that propose common tools for building social apps. With more and more communication happening online, the social web has exploded as the primary way to share interesting stuff, tell the world what you’re up to in real-time and stay more connected to more people.

With the introduction of this new product Gmail has become a social tool. This not a first social media attempt by Google. They have already tried Orkut, but all Google’s efforts in social media did not gained a major success, Orkut is only popular in a limited number of countries.

With Buzz Google is trying to catch Face book and Twitter users. Interestingly Face Book have recently announced that it may start a full email serves as well.

Microsoft Won 23 Domain Names In UDRP complaint

The PC giant Microsoft have won 23 domains in a UDRP complaint. These domains were registred in June 2008 bu somebody with name “nonamo”

Here is the list of domains seized by Microsoft

1. windows7addon.com
2. windows7antivirus.com
3. windows7compatible.com
4. windows7features.com
5. windows7firewall.com
6. windows7freeware.com
7. windows7hardware.com
8. windows7patch.com
9. windows7place.com
10. windows7plus.com
11. windows7portable.com
12. windows7recover.com
13. windows7reviews.com
14. windows7screensaver.com
15. windows7security.com
16. windows7servicepack.com
17. windows7stuff.com
18. windows7virus.com
19. windowsforgamers.com
20. windowsforgames.com
21. windowsvistaplace.com
22. windowsvistavirus.com
23. xbox362.com

Grand Cognates to Ms Naseem Hameed

Our National Pride, daughter of the great soil of this great country ; Ms Naseem Hameed stood gold medalist in 100 meter race in South Asian Games being held in Dacca. She has accomplished a tremendous job for thecountry . She deserves to be decorated with a prize of grand medal of Rs. 5000000/- along with a free reasonable residence at least and this must be done if the President & PM of this unfortunatecountry are having an iota of human sense!!!

AFTAB ALAM ADVOCATE (HIGH COURT)