Asra Rizwan
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Young Pakistani presents winning solution at Telenor Youth Forum Asia related to Youth Joblessness
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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Telenor Group recently organized Telenor Youth Forum Asia to discuss and develop solutions to the challenges faced by Asian Youth. The two-day forum took place…
Mobilink partners with QMobile to launch JazzX Smartphones
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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Soon after the relaunching of Jazz, Mobilink has forged a partnership with QMobile to release new Jazz X Smartphones, JS-1 and JS-7. According to this…
Umar Saif invited by The White House to represent Pakistan at Global Entrepreneurship Summit
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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Dr. Umar Saif, Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board has been invited by The White House on behalf of Barack Obama to officially represent Pakistan in…
From NED to Stanford: How this Petroleum Engineer found her lost love in Data Science and Fortune 14 Company
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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An International Oil & Gas Conference is taking place in Islamabad. Accolades are being rewarded to highly competent students who have produced extraordinary research work.…
American and Pakistani business tycoons to explore investment opportunities
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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Business Opportunities Conference is all set to be held in New York this June, where American and Pakistani business tycoons will identify areas for investment…
Only 14% of co-founders at the incubator are women: Plan9
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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The recently revealed statistics by Plan9, PlanX, and TechHub Connect raise an alarm for women participation in entrepreneurial activities. The numbers tell that only 14%…
Pakistani IT prodigy honored in U.S. by Eisenhower Fellow Award 2016
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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Dr. Shahid Mahmud, Chief Executive Officer of Interactive Group received the laurel of Distinguished Fellow Award 2016 by Eisenhower Fellowships. Eisenhower Fellow Award is an…
Pakistan exports $10 million of mobile apps per month
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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Recently released statistics by Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) reveals Pakistan is exporting $10 million of applications each month. The growth of applications export has…
Extraordinary $44 million Pak-China Optic Fiber Project launches in Gilgit-Baltistan
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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In a groundbreaking ceremony of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPECP), Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif launched $44 million Pak-China Optical Fiber Project in Gilgit. The project aims…
Pakistan’s first AngelHack Hackathon is coming to Islamabad
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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The popular global hack initiative AngelHack is coming to Pakistan. The AngelHack Islamabad is calling coders, designers, and innovators to make their way to the…
Mr. Robot’s website has multiple security vulnerabilities
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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The popular TV show Mr. Robot recently launched a website, Who is Mr Robot. With an interactive command prompt interface, the website has been launched…
Student of Virtual University makes it to Google Summer of Code 2016 for the second time
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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Mr. Tahir Ramzan, a student of Virtual University of Pakistan has been selected for the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2016 for the second time.…
Pakistan attracts the highest rate of malware attacks in the world: Microsoft Report
By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐
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Microsoft Corporation has revealed their latest volume of Security Intelligence Report (SIR). The report says, Pakistan attracts the highest rate of malware attacks in the…
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