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Pakistan’s IT sector revenue reaches $4.1 billion this year: PSEB

The Managing Director (MD), Pakistan Software Export Board PSEB during a briefing session, informed Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui the Federal...

Jul 25 · >

USF awards contracts worth Rs. 1.3 billion to Telenor for projects in Sindh, Balochistan

In its effort to provide broadband services in remote areas of the country, Universal Service Fund has recently awarded...

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Jul 23 · >

A Baloch student raises Rs. 14 million from HEC for his ‘Eye Smart Helmet’ to minimize risks in mining

Pakistan, being a developing economy, is blessed with a lot of natural resources, and the abundance of these resources...

Jul 22 · >

Google I/O Extended 2019 Islamabad brings together developers from all across the country

This year’s Google I/O Extended 2019 Islamabad has been an exhilarating and breathtaking roller coaster ride – with the...

Jul 15 · >

Indus Valley Connect, an initiative to link expats with Pakistani startups launched

Something fascinating is happening in Pakistan right now. After a slow build over the years, the Pakistani startup ecosystem...

Jul 12 · >

Senate committee summons PTA & FIA over offensive content on social media

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Technology has asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Federal Investigation Agency...

Jul 9 · >

Digital ad optimization platform raises $1 million investment to expand operations globally

A digital advertisement optimization platform called ConsoliAds has announced that it has closed $1 million Series A investment deal...

Jul 4 · >

Muneeb Maayr of Bykea, on leveraging motorbikes and smartphones as income generating assets for middle class

Muneeb Mayyr is the Founder & CEO of Bykea, a motorbike ridesharing, logistics and payments service fairly popular in...

Jul 2 · >

COMSATS appoints Fawad Ch as head of its advisory board

The Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Ch has been appointed as the head of COMSATS (Commission on Science...

Jul 1 · >

A Pakistani Kickstarter campaign is kicking up innovation in the Creative Industry

Young Activists Republic (YAR) is a community of enthusiastic, original, and wacky creative people who want to celebrate honest...

Jun 28 · >

Govt scraps university at PM House project, brings in new plan

One of the most ambitious and grand plans devised by the current government upon taking office was the conversion...

Jun 24 · >

Nano IT Solutions wins top prize of PKR 1 million at Pakistan Startup Cup 2019

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and LMKT, a leading Pakistan-based technology services company, is pleased to announce that National...

Jun 18 · >

Pakistan has more than 6,000 registered IT companies, says High Commissioner to UK

While officially representing Pakistan at London Tech Week, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to UK, Mohammad Nafees Zakaria said that Pakistan...

Jun 13 · >

Budget 2019-20: Pakistani government sets Rs. 45 Billion aside for Higher Education

According to the budget planning of the upcoming year, the Pakistani government has allocated a fund of Rs. 28...

Jun 11 · >

Traversing Farah Ali’s journey to become the Vice President of Engineering for Player & Developer Experience at Electronic Arts

Back when owning a PC was a rarity in the average household in Pakistan, that too with the internet,...

Jun 10 · >

Pakistani Female-led AI startup gets selected for Startup Chile

Startup Chile’s “The S Factory” (TSF9) pre-acceleration program is specifically designed for startups led by female founders. For the...

Jun 3 · >

Senate body raises concern over PTA giving data access to spy firm

The Senate Standing Committee during a meeting on Thursday expressed concerns regarding the data access to data being given...

May 24 · >

Dollar hoarding is a “grave sin”, anyone doing so is cursed by Allah, says Mufti Taqi

Scholar Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani in a Twitter post has said that anyone who is hoarding dollars in an...

May 22 · >

Govt to cut 50% of HEC’s Budget for 2019-20

Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC), Dr. Tariq Banuri while giving a briefing to the National Assembly Standing Committee on...

May 21 · >

A closer look at VisionX, a global tech solutions provider, with Fortune 500 clients

VisionX and PackageX, AI solutions companies, headquartered in New York, inaugurated their new office in Islamabad last week. The...

May 15 · >

Daastan wins $30,000 grant for its peace building Dialogue Series

Daastan, a literary forum working for the revival of literature in Pakistan, has recently won Peace Innovation Fund of...

May 6 · >

5 legal issues you need to understand before launching a startup

Nasreen Alissa—a Saudi lawyer, tech-humanitarian, and entrepreneur—is one of the growing numbers of Saudi women ruling the digital world....

May 6 · >

Govt adds Telephone Industry of Pakistan in the privatization list

To cover up the immense amount of loss that the Telephone Industry of Pakistan (TIP) has suffered in the...

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Apr 23 · >

IT sub-committee intends to increase pensions for all PTCL employees

Pakistan’s national telephone and internet services provider, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) holds an important status as the backbone...

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Apr 17 · >