Hamza Zakir

Platonist. Humanist. Unusually edgy sometimes.

 

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Govt promises free COVID-19 vaccination for all starting from Q2 2021

This has been quite an intense week for COVID-19 in Pakistan, with Wednesday (i.e. yesterday) featuring the highest number...

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Dec 3 · >

PIA to obtain eight new aircraft on dry lease, agrees to send daily cargo flights to China

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be adding eight new narrow-body aircraft to its fleet on dry lease. It...

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Dec 3 · >

This student from NUST is among the first ones to become a NVIDIA Certified Jetson AI Specialist

Muhammad Uzair Khattak, research assistant at SIGMA and the TUKL Deep Learning Lab in SEECS, NUST, is officially one...

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Dec 3 · >

40 million children affected by school closures in Pakistan: report

Around 40 million children in Pakistan have been affected by the COVID-19-induced school closures, forcing students to rely on...

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Dec 2 · >

SC allows lawyer to attend via video link for the first time in Pakistan’s history

For the first time, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has allowed a senior lawyer to represent his client from...

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Dec 2 · >

Pakistan exports surge to $2.156b in November, highest figure in 10 years

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan’s economy has been following a positive trend. With the country’s economy following a...

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Dec 2 · >

The three most exciting takeaways from the #021Disrupt2020 Investors’ Roundtable

021Disrupt 2020 has officially kicked off, and yesterday featured an intense and engrossing Investors’ Roundtable that brought forth quite...

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Dec 2 · >

P@SHA survey reveals the seven IT skills you need to succeed in 2021

In a survey conducted by Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) assessing the modern-day training requirements of the IT industry...

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Dec 2 · >

Pakistan is handling COVID-19 much better than India, according to new rankings

Ideally, every single country in the world should be putting up a strong fight against the coronavirus pandemic that...

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Dec 1 · >

Italy slaps $12M fine on Apple for its false iPhone claims

Nowadays, it feels like Apple is getting fined left, right, and center! After the company was forced to settle...

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Dec 1 · >

Scottish company chairman wants to establish skiing facilities in Pakistan

Executive Chairman of John Menzies Philipp Joeinig called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday to discuss the prospect...

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Dec 1 · >

DeepMind’s latest breakthrough solves a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology

Be it bodybuilding or adopting a healthy diet, it’s impossible not to talk about proteins. These macromolecules, made up...

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Dec 1 · >

This company’s vaccine just reported 100pc success in preventing severe corona cases

Ever since Pfizer revealed its groundbreaking COVID-19 vaccine to the world, the possibility of a “magical cure” for the...

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Nov 30 · >