Samar-Hasan

Samar Hasan, Head of Communications at Karandaaz, Resigns

By Fatima Rizwan ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Samar Hasan has resigned from her position as Head of Communications at Karandaaz to launch a social enterprise named Epiphany for Pakistan. Epiphany is a…

Women-Entrepreneurs

Amidst gender disparity, these women are re-defining Pakistan’s entrepreneurial landscape

By Danish Ali Bhutto ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 14 min read

Women in South Asia face societal constraints and discrimination based on deeply entrenched values and perceptions about women’s role in the society which in turn…

PAKISTAN-ECONOMY-STOCKS

Shanghai Stock Exchange interested in 40% stake deal in Pakistan Stock Exchange, a first of its kind deal from any Chinese bourse

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Following the invites for bids, the Pakistan Stock Exchange has received interests and letters of intent from several leading international bourses including the Shanghai Stock…

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Uber is all set to hit the roads of Karachi

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Uber, the global online cab-hailing services, will soon be launching its operations in Karachi. As part of widening the operational outreach in Pakistan, Uber has…

Twitter explodes after Google attempts to remove Palestine from the World Map

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Infuriated people from all over the world have taken to social media to register their discontentment, showing outrage over Google’s deliberate attempt to remove Palestine…

Startup Weekend Lahore brings brilliant ideas to improve Education in Pakistan

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

Startup Weekend Lahore is currently underway at LUMS. After a very successful event in March this year, Startup Weekend is back with a special focus…

Pokemon Go officially launched across 15 countries in Asia and Oceania

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pokemon Go has officially launched in 15 new countries in Asia and Oceania region as part of one major expansion but, unfortunately, the list does…

Pakistan’s Internet Landscape does not appear very promising, new report says

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Pakistan is at the edge of a digital transformation. While the state of Internet penetration appears to have bettered, as compared to a few years…

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Karandaaz Pakistan developed an app design with special focus on less literate people

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

We’ve reached a point where people have started understanding the importance of UI/UX Design. The concept is steadily gaining pace in Pakistan as well. We…

Instagram copies Snapchat to introduce Stories

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Instagram will start the rollout for a big new update to its mobile apps today with a new feature called “Stories” today. Taking a lot…

StartupList.pk is a crowd-sourced database of Pakistani startups

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

A new platform called StartupList.pk plans to document and track all Pakistani startups and other details like the founders, funding rounds, and more. Started by…

FIA proposes special tribunal, awareness campaigns for implementation of Cyber Crime law

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The highly-controversial Cyber Crime Bill was adopted by the Senate last week, prompting the FIA to put forward some special proposals to put the new…

#GoGreenCampaign trending on twitter wants to show the positive side of Pakistan

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

It is the first of August today and the month Pakistan got its independence. As the streets of the country are turned into a swirl…

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