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LUMS emerges as Pakistan’s best university

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

The universally renowned Quacquarelli Symonds recently unveiled their “QS University Rankings: Asia 2016” – a dedicated ranking of the top universities in Asia. According to…

Orenda

This slum school with innovative digital curriculum has launched a campaign to bring 500 under-privileged to schools

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Pakistan has one of the highest illiteracy rates around the globe. Nearly 5 million children of primary school-going age are out of school. Things may…

COMSATS

Haroon Rashid suspended as pro-rector of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

By Saad Mughal ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The pro-rector of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) has been suspended after he was found guilty of plagiarism charges leveled on him by the…

Education

PKR 3 billion Technology Innovation Research Fund to fuel local tech ideas

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Federal Budget 2016-17 has received its fair share of attention for allocating the highest budget for education, in the history of Pakistan. Speaking at the…

COMSATS

Pro-rector of COMSATS had a plagiarized PhD thesis, HEC inquiry concludes

By Saad Mughal ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Haroon Rashid, the pro-rector and CEO of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) has been found guilty of submitting a plagiarized PhD thesis. An inquiry…

Women

This online internship program from “Women Engineers Pakistan” and Ananke Magazine offers women international exposure and experience

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Ananke Magazine has partnered with Women Engineers Pakistan (WEP) to launch a one-of-its-kind internship program to economically empower women through digital media, technology and journalism.…

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10 applications that parents can use for the preschool education of their children

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

The rate at which this world is developing is increasing at an incredible rate itself. Scientific breakthroughs are being made at a much faster pace…

Code

India leads Google Summer of Code with 454 participants, Pakistan has only 4

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2016 just got underway and Google had some very interesting statistics to share. 1,206 students from all over the world…

Batool Arhamna Haider

From NED to Stanford: How this Petroleum Engineer found her lost love in Data Science and Fortune 14 Company

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 7 min read

An International Oil & Gas Conference is taking place in Islamabad. Accolades are being rewarded to highly competent students who have produced extraordinary research work.…

Education

Learn Smart Pakistan is offering rewards for 9-10 grade students and teachers through digital learning competition

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Knowledge Platform has launched the third iteration of its Learn Smart Pakistan initiative, offering students as well as teachers of grade 9 and grade 10…

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Punjab government to offer full scholarship to Pakistani PhDs at Top 50 world universities

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Punjab government is taking a great initiative in their efforts to assist Pakistani students to pursue their dreams of studying at great universities. Under…

Trequant

NUST graduates launch Pakistan’s first Kickstarter campaign for wearable tech

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Trequant Inc., today, launched their Kickstarter campaign to fund their tremor quantifying watch. Trequant, a watch to assist patients of tremors, is the face of…

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NUST students make Pakistan’s first ever Formula Electric Car

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 10 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A five-person team of undergrad students from National University of Sciences and Technology has made Pakistan’s first ever Formula Electric Car, making Pakistan one of…

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