Pakistan earned over $120m from export of travel services in four months

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan earned a total of $121.980 million as a result of providing various travel-related services in different countries during the first four months of the…

US Congress passes Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act for Pakistani women

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a move that is befitting for one of the most vocal advocates for girls’ education of our time, the US Congress recently passed a…

#FastStopTorturing trends on Twitter as students protest on-campus exams on short notice of five days

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

If you are a student, it’s incredibly likely that you were waiting for the education ministers’ decision on January 4 with bated breath. And as…

Tesla delivered the highest number of cars in its history during 2020

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Tesla delivered a record number of cars in 2020, according to a recent company statement. In fact, such was its productivity during the year that…

PIA sends plane to Manchester with only one passenger

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has an entire collection of controversies and unconventional occurrences under its belt. However, it added perhaps its most unusual event to…

Avanza Solutions CEO Waqas Mirza features in “Top 25 Blockchain CEOs of 2020”

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Waqas Mirza, CEO of Dubai-based tech company Avanza Innovations, has been hailed as one of the top blockchain technology executives in the world for 2020.…

Govt shuts down free Wi-Fi service in Punjab because of heavy annual losses

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has officially pulled the plug on the free Wi-Fi project in Punjab, including the provincial capital Lahore, after it…

UK high court orders Pakistan to pay $28.7 million to British firm

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A high court in the United Kingdom has issued an order for the transfer of $28.7 million (PKR 4.5 billion) from the accounts of the…

Vaccination cells to be established in all public healthcare centres: NCOC

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) announced that vaccine administration cells would be established in all district and tehsil headquarter hospitals and regional healthcare…

Govt to investigate the failure of automotive firms in increasing production

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The federal cabinet has reportedly directed the Ministry of Industries and Production (MoIP) to probe the failure of automotive firms in increasing production capacity as…

Govt invites ethical hackers to identify Ehsaas Program’s security vulnerabilities

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In an attempt to ensure maximum security and efficiency, the federal government has called upon ethical hackers to identify security vulnerabilities present in its flagship…

Pakistan to purchase 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Chinese firm

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Government of Pakistan is all set to purchase a total of 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm. The news was…

Pakistan and China sign $100m grant agreement for repairment of National Highway-5

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan and China have officially signed a grant agreement worth $100 million for the purpose of repairing National Highway-5. According to a report by Business…

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