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notification

An indicator that an event has occurred. Notifications are a major feature of smartphones and tablets, informing the user that an event such as a text message, email, weather, news headline or social media update is now available on the device. By wrist vibration, they are also the primary attribute of smartwatches, providing a guaranteed alert when users' phones may be a few feet away. See notification fatigue and smartwatch.
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Notification

 

an official notice sent by one state to another concerning some concrete fact, event, action, or document. Notification is sometimes provided for in treaties, for example, to announce that a treaty is going into effect, that a state is adhering to the treaty, or that a treaty is being denounced.

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The notification further stated that had the president and prime minister not filed the reference under Article 209, they would have neglected their duties.
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LAHORE: Inspector General of Police Amjad Javed Saleemi has been removed from his post, an official notification from the Punjab government stated on Monday.
'We, therefore, deem it appropriate to suspend operation of the impugned notification till the final decision of the main writ petition,' the order said.
They contended that it was the basic principal that all stakeholders shall be taken in confidence, but before issuing the impugned notification, no such exercise was undertaken.
On the other hand, clients can still use free email or so-called push notifications.People willing to know about their transactions can ask the bank to send them an SMS or email notifications about the payments.
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday said it has issued a notification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khans victory for NA-131 Lahore constituency.
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