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Punjab Mandates Registration of All Hotels & Guest Houses on ‘Hotel Eye’ System
The Punjab Home Department made it obligatory for every guest house in Punjab to register on the ‘Hotel Eye’ software to tackle crime and illegal activities. The spokesperson for the department stated that all guest houses and residence providers must…
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PKR 3 billion Technology Innovation Research Fund to fuel local tech ideas
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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…
Meet the winners of NetSol’s 2nd Throw-A-Thon hackathon held at LUMS
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NetSol Technologies conducted a very successful 2nd Throw-a-thon, a hackathon in Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), from 3rd to 5th June 2016. The event…
Telenor Easy Shops will facilitate orders for Daraz.pk in far flung areas of the country
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Telecom company, Telenor and Daraz, an ecommerce giant, have entered into an agreement for the facilitation and promotion ecommerce in Pakistan. According to the partnership,…
Pakistan’s GDP growth at 3.1%, independent think tank slams Ishaq Dar’s claim
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According to a recent report, Pakistan’s GDP grew at a pace of 3.1% in the outgoing fiscal year. This claim by the Social Policy and…
Arab entrepreneur, Arif Ahmed, has bought the world’s most expensive number plate
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According to an Al Arabiya report, the world’s most expensive number plate has been sold for $5 million during an auction that took place in…
Pro-rector of COMSATS had a plagiarized PhD thesis, HEC inquiry concludes
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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…
Pakistan’s first-ever Facebook developers meetup held in Lahore
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The first ever Facebook developers conference in Pakistan was organized at Plan9 at the Arfa Kareem Technology Park in Lahore. The conference was held on…
Apple pays tribute to boxer Muhammad Ali
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Apple is paying tribute to the life of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali with a full home-screen wallpaper of him. The image quotes one of the…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest account hacked
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts were hacked yesterday. While the situation was not particularly alarming, it has come to light that Zuckerberg also fell…
Pakistani Women’s right activist wins Atlantic Council Digital Freedom Award
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Women’s right activist, Nighat Dad, has become the second Pakistani ever to receive the prestigious Atlantic Council Digital Freedom Award for 2016. A Pakistani lawyer…
Wikipedia trolls strike again on Ishaq Dar’s profile
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There have been numerous instances where Wikipedia’s content has been misleading and at most times, humorous. A similar situation is present with the profile of…
Budget 2016-17 Roundup: Mobile phone sales tax increased yet again to upto Rs. 1,500
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The Federal Budget for 2016-2017 period was presented yesterday, bringing about a lot of pros as well as cons for tech-users in Pakistan. However, many…
Budget 2016-17 Roundup: Government may exempt taxes for laptops imports and export of IT services and products
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The Federal Budget for 2016-17 may have brought some bad news for mobile phone-enthusiasts with an increase in sales tax but it has also proposed…
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