Hamza Zakir

Platonist. Humanist. Unusually edgy sometimes.

 

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Pakistan signs $19.85m COVID-19 grant deal with the World Bank

The government of Pakistan and the World Bank yesterday signed a grant agreement worth $19.85 million. Entitled Covid-19 Response,...

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Nov 26 · >

Govt to use IT tools to bring unregistered people into the tax net

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister and Minister of State on Revenue Dr. Waqar Masood Khan has called a...

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Nov 26 · >

New astrophysics discovery shows how the Universe might end

Remember dark energy? The mysterious force that physicists claim is responsible for causing the Universe to continue expanding at...

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Nov 26 · >

Xbox Series X is more powerful than PS5, but the PS5 still delivers better performance. Here’s why.

Microsoft has made no secret of the Xbox Series X’s insanely good performance in the build-up to the console’s...

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Nov 26 · >

Fawad Ch just announced a video games certification program. Here’s why we need it.

Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has been on a roll this year. From signing contracts with electric...

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Nov 26 · >

Snapchat officially launches Spotlight to compete with TikTok

TikTok might be making waves nowadays, but it sure can’t breathe easy. Snap clearly has every intention of boosting...

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Nov 25 · >

SAPM Sania Nishtar features on ‘BBC 100 Most Inspiring Women’ list

BBC has just revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women worldwide for 2020. This year, the list...

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Nov 25 · >

PM Imran Khan directs health ministry to start coronavirus vaccine production

Pakistan might get the highly-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine sooner than we think. Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the Ministry...

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Nov 25 · >

PM Imran Khan to chair NCC meeting today to review coronavirus strategy

Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) today to review the coronavirus...

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Nov 25 · >

Musk beats Gates: Tesla CEO is now the world’s second-richest person

Eccentric serial entrepreneur (and Twitter memelord) Elon Musk has officially overtaken Microsoft’s Bill Gates as the second richest man...

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Nov 24 · >

Pakistani researchers develop AI system that detects COVID-19 in under a minute

Pakistani scientists have developed a software based on artificial intelligence that can help detect COVID-19 within a minute. The...

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Nov 24 · >

GoDaddy tricked into helping hackers conduct cyberattacks

GoDaddy, one of the world’s biggest domain and hosting providers was tricked into helping hackers conduct cyberattacks that took...

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Nov 24 · >

Russian hackers put the PIA network and database up for sale on the dark web

A team of Israeli cybercrime researchers has revealed that Russian hackers have put up the Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA)...

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Nov 24 · >