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Funding Cuts Under Austerity Measures Disrupt Hospital Operations
Government launches school evaluation system in Islamabad
The government has launched an online monitoring and evaluation system for all government schools in the Islamabad Capital Territory. The initiative comes under the Prime…
Hello again, Nokia confirms revival with new smartphone range
Nokia has confirmed that a new range of Nokia-branded Android-powered smartphones will be hitting the global market by the last quarter of 2016. Nokia had…
Cyber Crime Bill complies with human rights, says Law Minister
The Minister of State for Law and Justice has said that the Prevention of Electronics Crime Bill fully complies with the Human Right provisions as…
Twitter suspends 360,000 accounts in a crackdown against terrorism
In a crackdown against people promoting terrorism on Twitter, the micro-blogging website has axed close to 360,000 accounts since June 2015. A large portion of…
Startup Merger: Healthwire, Wopiz join forces to improve state of healthcare in Pakistan
Healthcare startups Wopiz and Healthwire have formed a strategic merger to achieve their common goal of improving the state of healthcare in Pakistan. The startups…
Pakistan has an average 3G/4G connectivity speed of 3.3 Mbps, new report
A global report from OpenSignal has indicated that the overall average connectivity speed of 3G or higher networks in Pakistan stands at 3.3 Mbps while…
COMSATS finally unveils Urdu version of “One Hundred Reasons to be a Scientist”
With an aim to inspire the youth towards Sciences, COMSATS has launched the Urdu version of the famous book titled as “One Hundred Reasons to…
Pakistani students win 4 Bronze medals at International Science Olympiads
Pakistani students continue to bring laurels for the country. In recent Science Olympiads held in various destinations all over the world, including Vietnam, Georgia, Hong…
Agha Khan University successfully conducts the medical hackathon
The Agha Khan University (AKU) successfully conducted their first-ever medical hackathon, the MIT Grand Hack 2016 inspired, “CCIT Hack 2016” at its Karachi campus. Hosted…
HEC being given Rs. 91 billion for promoting research and higher education
The government is releasing around Rs. 91 billion to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in order to promote and improve the state of research and…
Goodbye long queues, Lahore to get e-stamp papers from next week
The City District Government of Lahore has announced that it would be launching e-stamp papers to revolutionize the already existing governmental procedures. A training workshop…
PTCL to deploy 789 kilometer fiber line for Zong
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Zong have signed a fiber leasing agreement. Based on this, PTCL will deploy 789 km of a fiber line…










