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Dank memes: The rise of social media incel groups in Pakistan’s digital space

By Annam Lodhi ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 13 min read

Incitement of violence against women and animals is considered a form of dark humor in such groups.   Mahrukh*, a 20-year-old student and victim of…

5 weird things about smartphone launch events in Pakistan

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

The smartphone industry of Pakistan has expanded in recent years where Chinese smartphone makers like Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, OnePlus and few others have dominated…

Creating jobs around the country: how Daraz is facilitating sellers and establishing businesses

By Brand Voice ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

According to figures, presented at a conference, Pakistan’s e-commerce sales in 2017 were $622 million, 0.34% of the retail market, which is doubling every year.…

Fawad Chaudhry named Minister for Science and Technology in major cabinet reshuffle

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Major changes are occurring in the cabinet today with Asad Umar resigning from his position of Finance Minister and Fawad Chaudhry now being appointed as…

Inside a Founder’s Mind: Ahmad Khan, Founder and CEO of Cheetay.pk

By Ahsan Saleem ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 9 min read

I was running late and driving a little faster than usual. Ferozpur Road on a Friday evening is never easy on drivers as heavy traffic…

Asad Umar steps down amid financial crisis in the country

By Faisal Saeed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Finance Minister of Pakistan Asad Umar announced on Twitter that he is stepping down from his position and that he has obtained the Prime…

Samsung Galaxy Fold display has a weird breaking problem

By Faisal Saeed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Samsung Galaxy Fold which is set to release at the end of this month is facing some troubling display issues. Samsung handed out the review…

This new submarine cable system will increase Pakistan’s internet capacity to 96 Tb/s

By Faisal Saeed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A landing party agreement has been signed between Cyber Internet Services (Cybernet) Pakistan and PEACE (Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe) Cable International Network Company…

£200 million investment expected in IT, tourism & other sectors in Pakistan

By Faisal Saeed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) Azfar Manzoor has signed an MoU with a delegation from UK Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry for collaboration…

Punjab govt all set to launch safe city project in yet another district

By Faisal Saeed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Punjab Safe City Project has announced that 95% work of the “Kasur Safe City Project” has been completed and the project will be launched…

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are finally back after experiencing global outages

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

You know social media means a lot to us humans when related apps manage to make the headlines just because they failed to work for…

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ICT entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs are future of Pakistan: IT minister

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The information, communication, and technology (ICT) sector of Pakistan is growing and it has the potential to further expand in near future, said Federal Minister…

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PM office just confirmed committee members of Startup Pakistan Program

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Prime Minister Youth Programme (PMYP) is going to launch ‘Startup Pakistan Program’ in the next few months. PMYP has just confirmed steering committee members…

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