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Facebook launches Pakistan Election Integrity Initiative for Elections 2018

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

While being aware of the fact that a Cambridge Analytica like scandal has the potential to influence elections in Pakistan, Facebook is gearing up to…

People are boycotting Careem & here is why

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Social media is enraged at Careem and boycotting the popular ride-hailing service in Pakistan. Netizens in Pakistan are boycotting and uninstalling the Careem app over…

Here is why I ditched Careem and Uber to switch to Shahi Sawari

By Ammara Saleem ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

I still remember how one day, in 2016, my friend advised me to install Careem’s app on my phone, and kinda gave me a key…

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Fixing Patari

By Imran Haider ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

In short span of under three months, Patari has gone from the darling of our tech ecosystem to a cultural and management nightmare. I didn’t…

Meet Arghawan Hatif, empowered by Karandaaz, who turned her skills into a business venture

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Hazara Town, a minority community at the outskirts of Quetta, stands Hatif Art Gallery, a solace for the troubled community. It is here that Arghawan…

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What is wrong with the selection process of incubation centers in Pakistan

By Imran Haider ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

Innovation District aka ID92 recently rolled out their first batch of startups. If Twitter is to be believed the response was amazing and no less…

PML-N shares agenda for the growth of entrepreneurship and IT sector of Pakistan

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

In PML(N)’s tenure, IT exports of Pakistan expanded to over 100 countries with its growth rate jumping to 125%. Various initiatives such as National Incubation…

PPP unveils its agenda for the Information Technology sector of Pakistan

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

General Elections of Pakistan have almost arrived and contesting political parties are gradually releasing their manifestos. We are eager to learn how much attention is…

Pakistanis are expressing extreme rage over Patari supporting alleged harasser Ali Zafar

By Ammara Saleem ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Well, looks like Patari is in serious trouble now. The musical startup has been making headlines for quite some days now, for all the wrong…

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What not to do, Murmurings from Popinjay

By Imran Haider ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

One of the many things not happening in our tech ecosystem is startup postmortems. We do not know, to this day, why Madiha agreed to…

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Uber plans on merging with Careem, Bloomberg report

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Uber, the popular ride-hailing service throughout the world, is in initial talks to look at a possible merger with Middle Eastern ride-hailing service Careem. Careem…

Election Commission of Pakistan will use a mobile app for polling results

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to use an Android-based mobile app called Results Transmission System (RTS) to compile the final results of…

PTI unveils its 14 point Digital Policy for ‘Naya Pakistan’

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Ahead of elections that are due very shortly, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has outlined key initiatives that it would be picking to reform the Digital Arena for…

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