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You think Axact case was outrageous? Check out $187M Cancer Charity Fraud

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The mind-blowing case of Axact fake degree scam had been the hottest topic of discussion for the last couple of days. β€œIt is a breathtaking…

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Startup Weekend Islamabad 2015, great ideas, okay industrial representation!

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Earlier this week, Air University organized a Startup Weekend at Islamabad – a global event that has already happened in over 120+ countries for about…

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Rozee.pk raises $6.5 million in Series C venture funding from Vostok Nafta and Piton Capital

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Rozee.pk has raised over $6.5 million in Series C venture funding from Vostok Nafta and Piton Capital Lead Investment with the help from its parent…

Messiah was offered an undisclosed amount of funding from two Pakistani-American investors, Shubber Ali & Kash Rehman and from a Jordan-based investment company, Oasis 500 at Digital Youth Summit (DYS) 2015. *TechJuice *reached out to the Founder of Messiah app, Ebtihaj Khan for the details on their startup which has gained tremendous attention in the past few months. Messiah is an emergency responder app designed to relay distress signal to friends, family or fellow Messiahs in case of an accident or an emergency. The idea of Messiah was born in Code for Pakistan's Civic Hackathon held in Peshawar last year where the team stood second. They were offered to participate in 6-month Code for Pakistan's Peshawar fellowship program which, according to Ebtihaj, helped a lot in gaining the attention of both local and international investors. See also: Raising the first million for your startup and clueless about where to begin? Here are 7 lessons from Digital Youth Summit (http://www.techjuice.pk/raising-the-first-million-for-your-startup-and-clueless-about-where-to-begin-here-are-7-lessons-from-digital-youth-summit/) Speaking of the angel investment at DYS 2015, Ebtihaj told *TechJuice* that the details for the investment has not been finalized yet. He added that the investment from the Oasis-500 was already in talk after they won the Bootcamp earlier this year, but it was put on hold as they came back to Pakistan. They will have to incubate at Oasis 500 for 100 days in order to receive the investment. However, Messiah has not yet signed any investment agreement with either of the investors. See also: Digital Youth Summit 2015: Panel Discussion Revealed horrifying facts about Cyber Crime Bill (http://www.techjuice.pk/digital-youth-summit-2015-panel-discussion-revealed-horrifying-facts-about-cyber-crime-bill/) *TechJuice *asked Ebtihaj about the reasons in the delay of the launch of the Messiah app. He pointed out that the main reason for the delay is the fulfillment of the testing procedures for the application; otherwise, the application is fully developed to be launched on both Android and iOS platform. He added that currently they have around 50 beta users within the Peshawar region and they will soon launch the applications. While talking about the future of Messiah, Ebtihaj shared with *TechJuice* that they will bring more functionalities to Messiah in addition to one-click messenger such as Accident detection mode. *Keep following TechJuice for more updates on Messiah application. *

Messiah secures angel investments at Digital Youth Summit 2015

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Messiah was offered an undisclosed amount of funding from two Pakistani-American investors, Shubber Ali & Kash Rehman and from a Jordan-based investment company, Oasis 500…

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Pakathon DC announces a series of civic hacking and startup events for global hackathon 2015

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakathon DC organized a successful weekend hackathon in September last year where students from Pakistan and USA solved Pakistani community problems through a cross-Atlantic collaboration.…

Samsung to Launch Marvel’s Avengers Lineup for Galaxy S6 Edge Smartphones

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Last night, Samsung Electronics tweeted a teaser photograph of an upcoming Iron Man edition of the Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone. The company did not reveal…

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Habab Idrees becomes the 1st Pakistani to receive dual honor at Intel ISEF 2015

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Earlier this year, TechJuice reported the winners for Intel Pakistan National Science Competition who were to represent Pakistan at the Intel International Science & Engineering…

Team Pakistan Qualitified for Robocup 2015

RoboCup 2015: Team Pakistan, the only team from South-Asia, Qualifies

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Team-NUST, Pakistan is the only team from South Asia which has been qualified for β€œRoboCup 2015 Standard Platform League Competition”. The team will compete against…

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Join the Global Feminist Hackathon Organized in Memory of Sabeen Mahmud

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

On 24th April, 2015, unidentified gunmen shot one of Pakistan’s leading Human Rights activist, Sabeen Mahmud. She was on her way back to home after…

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Ufone Will Now Charge for Whatsapp Calls

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Whatsapp calls can be made on 3G & 4G network without any additional charges. However, due to the extensive use of Whatsapp, it is obvious…

Education

HEC releases names of more than 180 unrecognized universities

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 10 min read

The education sector in Pakistan is one of the most poorly managed sectors which has been allotted the lowest shares in almost all of the…

Pakistan Startup Expo 2015

TechJuice’s take on Pakistan Startup Expo 2015

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

In the past week, two major tech events happened in Pakistan, one of which was Pakistan’s Startup Expo at the capital city of the country.…

All Pakistan Startup Expo 2015

9 Startups Awarded at All Pakistan Startup Expo 2015

By Sarwat Fatima ⏐ 11 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

All Pakistan Startup Expo 2015 was held for the first time today at Pak-China Friendship Centre, Islamabad that was a joint collaboration of Startup Magazine…

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