Pakistan
Corporate tax should be brought down to 20% immediately: ACCA’s proposals for Budget 2019-20
ACCA (the “Association of Chartered Certified Accountants”) believes that it is time to make radical changes in the approach towards budget and the economic model…
Careem to provide an app based solution to Unilever for its logistics business
Careem and Unilever Pakistan have entered into a strategic partnership whereby Careem has agreed to provide an app based solution to Unilever for its logistics…
UET students build the first Telerobotic System that uses VR for learning
Pakistani students from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore have created an advanced Telerobotics system that could expand the use of robotics technology…
Apple and Google killed three dating apps from their stores to prevent child sexual abuse
Google and Apple have just pulled out three dating apps from their respective stores. The apps didn’t block kids under 13 from signing up on…
CDWP approves four projects of science and technology sector worth Rs. 4.9 billion
The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has recently given approval to 17 projects worth Rs. 18.8 billion and amongst them, four projects are related to…
Pakistani low-cost Panda bot sets a new Guinness World Record
A low-cost Panda bot created by Stemers, a fully integrated STEM/STEAM education platform, has set a Guinness World Record, by breaking the world record of…
Xiaomi sent the Redmi Note 7 to space to prove it’s “out of this world”
Every year the smartphone industry is getting more and more indulged in marketing campaigns with each new release cycle of their latest smartphones. Most of…
Govt of Pakistan asks Facebook to remove anti-polio vaccine content
Pakistan has recently requested Facebook to remove harmful content against polio vaccination from the social networking site. Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Eradication Babar…
Daastan wins $30,000 grant for its peace building Dialogue Series
Daastan, a literary forum working for the revival of literature in Pakistan, has recently won Peace Innovation Fund of USD $30,000 from the U.S Institute…
IsDB gives over $12 billion to Pakistan for science, technology and related projects
In its effort to equip people to drive their own economic and social progress, President Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Dr. Bandar Hajjar recently stated that…
Customs foils an attempt to smuggle mobile phones through Islamabad Airport
The Customs officials have arrested a man at the new Islamabad International Airport who was trying to smuggle mobile phones from the United Kingdom (UK)…
Another petition filed against Supreme Court’s decision to restore taxes on mobile top-ups
Another plea has been filed against Supreme Court’s verdict of resuming taxes on mobile top-ups. The apex court has restored all the previous taxes on…
The company that signed contract to build IT Park in Pakistan, blacklisted in South Korea
South Korea has blacklisted the S. Korean based construction firm which was contracted to develop the Information Technology Park in Islamabad. The previous government of…
