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Annual Telecom Industry Report: Highs, Lows & the Closing Figures of 2015

In 2015, we saw many interesting developments in Pakistan Telecom Industry. In the first half of the year, we...

Dec 9 · >

22 Pakistani Startups that raised investment in 2015

As 2015 draws to a close, the Pakistani tech industry is finally experiencing the startup boom or the “rise...

Dec 8 · >

Everything you need to know about the Prime Minister Youth Business Loan Scheme

We’ve all heard some whispers about our Prime Minister’s endeavors in the youth sector. While the initiative of distributing...

Dec 4 · >

KIET hosted the national robotics competition in Karachi

To promote and celebrate bright innovators from Pakistan, a four-day national robotics competition called RoboSprint (2015) was hosted by...

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Nov 21 · >

Pakistan ICT industry – the glass that remains half full

The prevalent challenges for Pakistan technology and software industry are the mindsets that control the core industrial and business...

Nov 18 · >

iNEW Reduces The Prices of Its Smartphone Range

iNew Smartphone, is a Chinese multinational smartphone brand which started its operations in Pakistan just a couple of months...

Oct 29 · >

Travly Service Launched in Lahore: “Uber-like” app for Rickshaws

A new startup Travly incubated in Plan9 (and PlanX) Lahore, has launched the localized version of Uber for “Rickshaws”. The...

Oct 19 · >

University of Sargodha website hacked by angry student protester

An angry Computer Science student, fed up by the allegedly poor management of the university, decided to put his...

Oct 16 · >

Government continues tax collection on Mobile Internet

Despite repeated orders from Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Finance Minister Ayesha Ghause, the Punjab Finance Department refuses...

Oct 5 · >

MIT Technology Review Pakistan Chapter launched with a Magazine and Website

MIT Technology Review, the leading publication and peer-reviewed research on technology and entrepreneurship backed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Sep 21 · >

PITB Round Table Conference – Gathering Pakistan’s IT Industry

PITB’s first round table conference was held on 20th August in Lahore. Hosted by TechHub Connect, the event had...

Sep 1 · >

Nabeel A. Qadeer, Joint Director Entrepreneurship to host a technology show on Pakistan’s leading channel

Punjab Information Technology Board(PITB) announced at the recent roundtable conference that a technology program on one of the top...

Sep 1 · >

Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator names Qasar Younis as the COO

One of the biggest business program in the tech industry, Y-Combinator, has named a new Chief Operating Officer(COO) that...

Aug 26 · >

Google launches a new project to promote Pakistan’s cultural heritage

Google introduced today a remarkable project, called Wonders of Pakistan, to celebrate and promote Pakistan’s extraordinary cultural heritage. This...

Aug 20 · >

Top 5 apps to get you in an Independence Day spirit

In the 68 years since its birth, Pakistan has seen countless ups and downs. Even today, the county’s condition...

Aug 14 · >

NADRA recognizes Kalash community, adds separate column in CNIC

Just last month, NADRA launched an updated version of its website that lets you apply online for your CNIC....

Aug 12 · >

Mobilink launches special ATM Cards in honor of Independence Day

In honor of Pakistan’s 68th Independence Day, Mobilink has introduced a new, distinctive and a very patriotic ATM Card....

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Aug 7 · >

Haier signs contract for 200,000 laptops for PM Laptop Scheme

Throughout the last year, students who were enrolled in government and semi-government universities in Punjab and met the merit...

Aug 6 · >

Federal Government quietly imposes another tax on Internet connections all over Pakistan

Only a few days ago, Government of Punjab gave us a relief from the on-and-off 19.5% tax that has...

Aug 3 · >

3G prices raised after new tax imposed on the Internet

If you’ve been living under a rock for the last two months then you probably don’t know that the...

Jul 28 · >

Bangladeshi Hackers seem to have taken a liking for Pakistani Startups

There have been two hacking incidents reported on young Pakistani startups in the past few days. In both incidents,...

Jul 28 · >

Pakistan’s relation with notorious Italian spyware & surveillance company Hacking Team

On July 5, 2015, an unidentified group of hackers published 400 gigabytes worth of internal data from Italian company...

Jul 28 · >

15-year-old child prodigy denied admission into top universities because of age

Sitara Brooj Akbar, a girl who has achieved more than most of us could ever dream about in a...

Jul 22 · >

Lahore Knowledge Park promises lift education standard in Pakistan

Chief Minister of Punjab, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, announced on new initiative named “Knowledge Park” from the government to help...

Jul 13 · >