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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Pak-China joint venture to introduce new technology, create hundreds of jobs

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

Pakistan’s Balochistan Glass Limited has signed a joint venture with Chinese company Globallink Glass Technology and Equipment. The agreement was signed at the Punjab Board…

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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…

Italian company to establish high-tech concrete machinery plant in Pakistan

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

Blend, an Italian company, has agreed to introduce a modernized and advanced Concrete machinery manufacturing plant with the cooperation of SWAN which is its partner…

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…

Finja, Pakistani Startup, raises $1 million in seed funding

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

Finja, a Pakistani FinTech startup has raised $1 million in a $1.5 Million bridge seed financing round led by Vostok Emerging Finance. Founded by tech…

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HEC announces Technology Development Fund, applications are now open!

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

Higher Education Commission(HEC), Pakistan is taking steps to promote applied research in the country. Their new Technology Development Fund will finance proposals of completed interdisciplinary…

Coke Studio used technology and created music for the deaf

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

Ahead of the launch of Coke Studio’s Season 9, Coca-Cola has partnered with Deaf Reach Schools and Training Center to make history and has created…

#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…

You need to get a part-time job, the sooner the better!

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 7 min read

I’m serious. Get a part-time job and you’ll be doing yourself a big favor. Of course, you’re not convinced by me just plainly saying that.…

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