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Uber has launched in Karachi

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

After a grueling wait, Uber has finally launched in Karachi, six months after starting operations in Pakistan. Initially, the services will be provided in Clifton,…

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Pakistan’s first ever National Data Centre inaugurated in Islamabad

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) has inaugurated Pakistan’s first ever National Data Centre in Islamabad. The inauguration ceremony held in the capital was attended by Minister…

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Here’s how to register your university for a visit from Google

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Earlier this week, Google announced that they would be visiting universities across Pakistan, the main agenda behind the visit being to equip students with modern…

This organization is training Pakistani youth to become entrepreneurs and educationists

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Parwaan, an initiative of Children’s Global Network Pakistan (CGN-P) and the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, is training educated but unemployed young Pakistanis…

Government launches school evaluation system in Islamabad

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The government has launched an online monitoring and evaluation system for all government schools in the Islamabad Capital Territory. The initiative comes under the Prime…

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Twitter suspends 360,000 accounts in a crackdown against terrorism

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a crackdown against people promoting terrorism on Twitter, the micro-blogging website has axed close to 360,000 accounts since June 2015. A large portion of…

Startup Merger: Healthwire, Wopiz join forces to improve state of healthcare in Pakistan

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Healthcare startups Wopiz and Healthwire have formed a strategic merger to achieve their common goal of improving the state of healthcare in Pakistan. The startups…

Pakistani students win 4 Bronze medals at International Science Olympiads

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistani students continue to bring laurels for the country. In recent Science Olympiads held in various destinations all over the world, including Vietnam, Georgia, Hong…

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HEC being given Rs. 91 billion for promoting research and higher education

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The government is releasing around Rs. 91 billion to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in order to promote and improve the state of research and…

PTCL to deploy 789 kilometer fiber line for Zong

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Zong have signed a fiber leasing agreement. Based on this, PTCL will deploy 789 km of a fiber line…

Pakistani students bring home the Bronze at Microsoft Office World Championship

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistani students are on fire! Recently, two Pakistani students won the Bronze medal at the Microsoft Office World Championship. This Championship is an annual event…

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BeautyHooked, a Female-led Pakistani startup, raises $280,000 seed funding

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Home-grown beauty services platform, BeautyHooked, has just closed their seed funding round of $280,000 led by Fatima Ventures. Through this beauty platform, users can search,…

Pakistani ethical hacker, Rafay Baloch, receives a $5,000 bounty for exposing Chrome, Firefox address bar flaw

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistani ethical hacker, Rafay Baloch, has exposed a vulnerability in Chrome and Firefox which essentially says that the way these browsers render website addresses could…

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