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BeautyHooked, a Female-led Pakistani startup, raises $280,000 seed funding
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Home-grown beauty services platform, BeautyHooked, has just closed their seed funding round of $280,000 led by Fatima Ventures. Through this beauty platform, users can search,…
Samsung begins Galaxy NOTE 7 Pre-booking in Pakistan with a free ‘Gear-VR’ gift
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Samsung has begun the pre-booking of its powerful new smartphone – the Galaxy NOTE 7 in Pakistan. For each confirmed booking of this device, the…
Pakistani ethical hacker, Rafay Baloch, receives a $5,000 bounty for exposing Chrome, Firefox address bar flaw
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Pakistani ethical hacker, Rafay Baloch, has exposed a vulnerability in Chrome and Firefox which essentially says that the way these browsers render website addresses could…
This is how you can be a successful ISP in Pakistan
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Internet penetration in Pakistan has surged dramatically in recent years and will continue to do so even though there is no well-defined broadband strategy in…
LUMS partners with government to assist in development projects
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The Punjab Government has formed a strategic partnership with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and the Health Services Academy (HSA) Islamabad for cross-sharing…
Uber is all set to hit the roads of Karachi
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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…
76% of employers not satisfied with the quality of Pakistani graduates, new survey
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A recent survey carried out by the Career Advisory and Assessment Services has brought forth the industry’s opinion on the quality of graduates Pakistani universities…
Google Plus is going extinct and they are making sure it does
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Google has announced that Hangouts On Air will be permanently rolling from Google+ to YouTube Live. From September 12, the Hangouts On Air subscribers will…
Google is hoping to kill Facetime with their new video calling app ‘Duo’
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Although quite late but better late than never, Google has released Duo, a Facetime killer one-to-one video calling application, across iOS and Android using your…
‘Pakistani Startups Making Waves’ celebrates local entrepreneurs
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Plan9 took this year’s Independence Day as an opportunity to highlight some of Pakistan’s brilliant startups that have taken flight and are performing really well.…
Punjab Government approves Rs. 15 billion project for rehabilitation of schools
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The government of Punjab under the leadership of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved the “Khadim-e-Punjab Schools Programme”. In a high-level meeting attended by several…
SECP registers 386 companies in one month
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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has declared that it has registered 386 new companies during the past month. The SECP made the…
SECP launches a new bilingual website
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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has launched a new feature rich website which offers bilingual content, in English as well as in…