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| Aug 26, 2026 | UN and ICRC Issue Final Warning: Autonomous Weapons Window Closes in Five Days | By Scott McCain
Published: Aug 26 2026, 9:57 AM EDT
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| Aug 13, 2026 | Indian Workers Film Their Own Jobs at $2.62/Hour to Train Robots That Will Replace Them | By Mark Rutherford
Published: Aug 13 2026, 12:49 PM EDT
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| Jul 27, 2026 | «Представители поколения Z в Индии наносят урон имиджу непобедимости Моди» | «Представители поколения Z в Индии наносят урон имиджу непобедимости Моди» В Индии в отставку ушел министр образования: реакция региональных СМИ
Индийские, пакистанские и китайские медиа обсуждают недавние массовые протесты в Нью-Дели и отс... |
| Jul 6, 2026 | UN Opens First All-Nations AI Forum as Scientists Warn of Catastrophic Risk | By Richard L. Wells
Published: Jul 06 2026, 10:31 PM EDT
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| Feb 26, 2026 | EventMobi Appoints Brandt Krueger as Director of Industry Relations & Partnerships | Veteran event technologist Brandt Krueger to strengthen industry education and community partnerships at EventMobi.
TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The marketing and events landscape is already experiencing a seismic shift bene... |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Pakistan’s Crypto and Fintech Sector Expands, Poised for Steady Growth in 2026 | As we enter 2026, Pakistan is making strides in its digital finance sector, aiming to attract global capital through targeted reforms and innovative policies. In late 2025, government officials engaged with international fintech leaders fro... |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Газета напечатала по ошибке новость вместе с ИИ промтом | Недавно в интернете завирусился курьезный случай: пакистанская газета Dawn, одно из самых уважаемых изданий страны, случайно напечатала в конце сухой финансовой статьи странную, диалоговую заметку от искусственного интеллекта. Статья под на... |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Thoughts on Bangladesh Bank's SME Remittance Facility: Progress and Barriers | Bangladesh Bank has introduced a new foreign remittance facility for small and medium enterprises. SMEs can now remit up to $3,000 annually for business expenses abroad. They can use bank transfers or special SME Cards with $600 limits. But... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Protein Coffee, Beyond Meat x Lacrosse & Plant-Based Pakistan | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Chike Nutrition’s plant protein coffees, a sunflower seed meat alternative, and US physicians’ letter to the gove... |
| May 9, 2025 | The Damascus-SDF agreement two months on: Fragile progress or delayed collapse? | On March 10, 2025, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the president of Syria, and Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), signed a historic agreement, ending a long-running divide between Damascus and the Democratic Autono... |
| May 7, 2025 | Urban Company’s Saudi Retreat: A Lesson in Global Expansion | Urban Company, a home-services giant, is pulling the plug on its Saudi Arabian operations. This decision, rooted in financial woes, underscores the challenges of international expansion. The company’s subsidiary, Urban Company Arabia for In... |
| May 7, 2025 | The Balancing Act of Regulation and Freedom in India's Financial Markets | In the bustling landscape of India's financial markets, a delicate dance unfolds between regulation and individual freedom. The recent statements from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chief, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, shine a spot... |
| May 1, 2025 | YouTube paid ₹21,000 crore to Indian content creators in 3 years, will invest ₹850 crore in country: CEO Neal Mohan | YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on Thursday said that the video streaming platform is planning to more than ₹850 crore in India to support the country's creators, artists and media companies, and accelerate their growth.
In the last three years alon... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | US disengagement and new regional security dynamics in Afghanistan’s neighborhood | Afghanistan’s neighborhood is in the midst of a consequential restructuring of its security architecture. Perhaps unsurprisingly, key regional actors Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and China have been continuing to adjust their defense plans ... |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Pakistan's deepening strategic reliance on China | The strategic alliance between Pakistan and China, driven largely by opportunism and geostrategic interests, seems unshakable. However, the extent of its mutual benefit remains under scrutiny, especially for Islamabad, whose reliance on Bei... |
| Aug 28, 2024 | История и новые кейсы цифровых двойников: от космоса до интеграции с ML | История цифровых двойников (ЦД) берет свое начало в 1960-х годах — с появлением систем автоматизированного проектирования CAD и CAE, которые по мере своего развития постепенно сформировали принципы автоматизированной разработки виртуальных ... |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Pakistan's Independence Day highlights deepening ideological divide | On Aug. 14, Pakistan celebrated its 78th Independence Day against the backdrop of a widening ideological and societal divide between proponents of Islamic nationalism and those championing democracy. Seizing the occasion, both the military ... |
| Aug 12, 2024 | Pakistan and the Middle East’s evolving approach to Afghanistan | With the third anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan approaching, the plight of ordinary Afghans is by no means over. Throughout its history, the strategic location of this landlocked country has proven to be more of a curse ... |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Pakistan’s political scene looks increasingly unsettled and complicated | The deep rift between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and Pakistan’s civil-military establishment shows no sign of weakening but appears to be shifting. The coalition government and its military sponsors, so recently seen as having... |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Karachi: A City on the Edges of Economic Opportunity and Unbound Lawlessness | The metropolis of Karachi is known as “Mini Pakistan,” with people from every part of the country uniting in a sharing of unique languages, cultures, cuisines, and customs. It is also a city with many problems, from water crises to electric... |
| Mar 30, 2024 | Pak flag carrier suspends crew member after being detained in Canada | Pakistan's ailing flag carrier PIA has suspended a crew member after she was briefly detained by Canadian customs authorities along with two others for carrying the passport of an unrelated person, according to a media report on Saturday.
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| Aug 17, 2023 | The Fintech Startup Environment In Pakistan: From Idea To Execution | Khurram Akhtar - Co Founder of ProgrammersForce. |
| May 25, 2023 | Finnish serial predator jailed for preying on 120 girls | Image by Enrique from Pixabay
A serial sexual predator who used Snapchat to prey on more than 100 children was jailed by a Finnish court Thursday.
Erkkonen persuaded some of his victims to meet up and engage in sexual activity, promising th... |
| May 22, 2023 | Why the Biggest Emerging Markets Are Turning to Crypto | With the U.S. mired in political stasis while other regions build crypto frameworks, it’s worth looking at the evolution of, and outlook for, on-the-ground demand for crypto assets. This is getting more and more relevant as many large count... |
| May 18, 2023 | Pakistan Announces Fresh Ban on Crypto, but Adoption as a Hedge Remains Popular | Pakistan's government has hardened its stance against cryptocurrencies, even as retailers continue to hedge their financial bets against a devaluing Pakistani rupee partly due to a volatile political situation in the nation.
Cryptocurrencie... |
| May 5, 2023 | Pakistan, still recovering from last year's floods, braces for more flooding this year | Last fall, Fatima Laghari's home in Sindh, Pakistan, was swept away in catastrophic floods from "monster monsoons" that deluged the country for months. A Red Crescent humanitarian aid team came through to give her essentials and a... |
| May 2, 2023 | How Not to Negotiate With the Taliban | Since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the policy debate in Washington, D.C., and other Western capitals has focused on the merits of engaging in dialogue with the Taliban. Opponents of engagement point to the few gains that have been a... |
| Apr 10, 2023 | Pakistan is making a mistake in ignoring the US for China | In March, the United States co-hosted the second virtual Democracy Summit with more than 120 countries represented. Pakistan declined an invitation to attend, saying instead that it would pursue one-on-one dialogue with the US and other nat... |
| Feb 7, 2023 | Turkey detains four over quake social media posts | A car sits under the rubble of a collapsed building on February 6, 2022 in the town of Sarmada, in Syria’s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province, following a deadly earthquake. – At least 1,400 people were killed and 3,411 injured across S... |
| Jan 14, 2023 | Pakistan: Five major issues to watch in 2023 | 1. Political instability, polarization, and an election year
Politics will likely consume much of Pakistan’s time and attention in 2023, as it did in 2022. The country’s turn to political instability last spring did not end with a dramatic ... |
| Jan 11, 2023 | Six wounded in Paris train station stabbing attack | Six wounded in Paris train station stabbing attack. Image from Twitter/@channelstv.
An attacker stabbed six people on Wednesday at the busy Gare du Nord station in Paris before being shot and apprehended by police, authorities said.
It was ... |
| Jan 9, 2023 | Seattle Public Schools sue social media companies over youth mental health | Meta, Facebook, Instagram, Alphabet, Google, YouTube, TikTok, and Snap were named in the lawsuit
Not only is the use of social media platforms among teens and tweens growing, rising 17% in two years, there is evidence that these sites can h... |
| Dec 28, 2022 | Burkhan World Investments Announces It’s the Highest Bidder for Historic Pakistani Embassy Property in DC | Burkhan today announced that it is the highest bidder for the Pakistani Embassy property located at 2201 R street in Washington D.C. with a bid of $6.8m USD. WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, December 28, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Burkhan Wor... |
| Dec 28, 2022 | Burkhan World Investments Announces It’s the Highest Bidder for Historic Pakistani Embassy Property in DC | Burkhan World Investments is the highest bidder for the Pakistani Embassy property located at 2201 R street in Washington D.C. with a bid of $6.8m USD. WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, December 28, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The bid was made ... |
| Oct 29, 2022 | Pakistan's powerful spy agency comes out of the shadows to deny role in the killing of a high-profile journalist in Kenya | Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif speaks at an event on June 22, 2022. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images
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| Oct 25, 2022 | Who was Arshad Sharif, the Pakistani journalist shot dead in Kenya? | A Pakistani journalist, Arshad Sharif, was shot dead by police in Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday (October 23) night, triggering concern and outrage in Pakistan. The Kenyan newspaper The Star quoted a senior police officer as saying the shooting w... |
| Oct 2, 2022 | Pakistan’s former PM Khan gets bail after arrest warrant | A court in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad has approved bail for former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan a day after an arrest warrant was issued against him for remarks against police officials and a female judge made at a public rally las... |
| Sep 19, 2022 | What tech and healthcare giants - from Google to Cigna - are doing in mental health | Vator will be holding its Future of Mental and Behavioral Health event on Oct. 26
In the technology ecosystem, startups are typically where the new ideas spring forth, and in mental health there are very exciting companies that are raising ... |
| Sep 17, 2022 | Pakistan Can Adopt Mission Green To Force Countries Into Climate Financing | Everyone is aware of the effects of climate change in Pakistan and the devastating floods it has created which have left millions homeless. Although Pakistan is one of the least contributing countries to global pollution, the effects of cli... |
| Sep 14, 2022 | Are VPNs Even Left Private After The PTA New Announcement? What To Use Instead Of VPNS Now? | PTA has been a national villain for some years now and it has launched its new tactic recently because apparently, they were bored of just implementing mind-wrenching mobile devices taxes and now have even started to target the things we ca... |
| Jul 27, 2022 | Sequoia SEA co-leads $17.6m seed round in ex-Google execs’ fintech firm | FintechInvestmentsNewsStartups
Shadine Taufik · 28 Jul 2022 · 2 min readSequoia SEA co-leads $17.6m seed round in ex-Google execs’ fintech firm
Dbank, a Pakistan-based fintech firm, has raised US$17.6 million in a seed round co-led by Sequo... |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Pakistan: Monsoon rains kill 170 in less than a month; Balochistan, Sindh worst affected | At least 170 persons have reportedly died due to several rain-related incidents across Pakistan in less than a month.
The Sindh and Balochistan provinces reported the highest number of fatalities and damages, having recorded 103 deaths of t... |
| May 2, 2022 | Two protests in favor of the European Parliament less than a year after the EP-resolution to suspend GSP+ for Pakistan | 1 year after the European Parliament passed a motion to review trade relations with Pakistan, there were 2 demonstrations in Brussels supporting this proposition. The demonstrators are asking the European commission to have more respect for... |
| Mar 8, 2022 | ‘It’s going to be a wash’: The Pyrrhic victory of Russian sanctions | |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Police are searching for a quack religious ‘healer’ who convinced a pregnant woman that hammering a 2-inch nail into her skull would give her a son | An x-ray of the unnamed Pakistani woman’s head showed a nail that appeared to be embedded in her skull. Screengrab/Twitter
Pakistani police are hunting for a quack healer accused of convincing a pregnant woman to hammer a nail into her head... |
| Jan 10, 2022 | President Alvi encourages youth to capitalize on IT-based market | President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday urged the youth to gain maximum benefits of IT-related world market that may help in overall development and prosperity of Pakistan.
“There are billions of opportunities for developing the smart apps. Pakis... |
| Dec 30, 2021 | IT Minister announces plan to double number of software tech parks within a year | Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque, during the inauguration of the Amazon Software Technology Park in Rawalpindi, announced that efforts were being made to double the number of software technology parks in the c... |
| Dec 27, 2021 | CDA to purchase drones to monitor wildlife, forests | The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to acquire drone cameras for the purpose of effectively monitoring wildlife and forests.
As reported by Dawn, the pilot phase of this project involves the CDA issuing a tender to purchase... |
| Dec 24, 2021 | Huawei to help set up smart classrooms in GIKI | Chinese smartphone titan Huawei will reportedly help in the establishment of smart classrooms in the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology.
The announcement in this regard was made by Huawei Pakistan representa... |
| Dec 10, 2021 | Electric vehicles proposed for school transport in Pakistan | Journeys to school might just get greener, as recommendations have been put forward by concerned authorities calling for the mobilization of electric vehicles to replace existing public transport for educational institutes.
The Senate Stan... |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Govt to launch National AI Policy soon: IT Minister | The recent string of cyber threats and attacks seem to have stirred the government into action. After approving the country’s first-ever National Cybersecurity Policy earlier this year, the federal government is now working towards the laun... |
| Nov 26, 2021 | “NADRA’s data has been compromised, it has been hacked”: FIA official’s statement | Disclaimer: The following story, originally reported by Dawn, has since been “categorically denied” by the Federal Investigation Agency. You can see their response here.
In a dramatic and concerning development, it has emerged that the Nat... |
| Nov 25, 2021 | Afghan Girls Being Exchanged For Food As Famine Nears | Afghanistan is becoming the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The Food and Agricultural Organization said that 18.8 million Afghans are unable to feed themselves every day. This number is set to rise to nearly 23 million by the end of th... |
| Nov 24, 2021 | Hackers manage to steal Rs5.8 million from NBP ATM | A group of hackers bagged serious cash by siphoning over Rs. 5.8 million from an ATM at a National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) branch in Pindi Bhattian in Punjab’s Hafizabad district.
As per details, the hackers utilized a device to hack into t... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Indian Prime Minister: Bitcoin Could Spoil Our Youths | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly said that Bitcoin could spoil the younger generation if cautionary measures are not put in place.
Modi further called out to countries worldwide to join hands together in making sure that B... |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Pakistan Railways sign agreement with Chinese firm for AI-based project | In what is potentially a massively productive step for Pakistan Railways, the institution on Thursday signed an agreement with a Chinese company for the implementation of an artificial intelligence-based approach.
As per details, Norinco (... |
| Oct 22, 2021 | MoU signed for promotion of technologically advanced medical research in Pakistan | A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Khyber Medical University (KMU), and DKT Pakistan, a non-governmental organisation, on technical and research collaboration.
As reported by Dawn, the vice-chancellor of KMU Prof Ziaul ... |
| Oct 21, 2021 | Dr Sania Nishtar calls for investing in technology for transparent social welfare system | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar on Wednesday emphasized the need for investing more in technology and data in order to ensure full transparency in social welfare system and improve the deliver... |
| Oct 12, 2021 | Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir to acquire 4G internet services | In a potentially historic moment for the regions of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), along with Zong, Telenor Pakistan and Ufone, granted them with additional spectrum that will ... |
| Oct 8, 2021 | The past few months have been harrowing for Pakistani women | The last few months have been particularly harrowing for Pakistani women.
From the horrific case of 27-year-old Noor Muqaddam, who was brutally tortured and beheaded in the nation’s capital on July 21, to that of Ayesha Ikram, a TikTok crea... |
| Oct 7, 2021 | President Alvi inaugurates national STEM program for school students | In what will surely be a defining moment for the nation’s progress in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), President Arif Alvi inaugurated the STEM program to provide STEM-focused training and education to higher secondary sch... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | Punjab to launch special project on chip design in universities | The Punjab government, in collaboration with the higher education department, is launching a ‘Chip Designing Tools’ project in universities.
As reported by Dawn, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect has been signed between th... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Air Link given the green light to resell Apple products in Pakistan | Air Link Communication Limited has signed an agreement with Apple Inc which authorizes it tp resell Apple products in Pakistan.
According to a stock filing on Thursday, details of which were shared in a report by Dawn, Air Link Communicati... |
| Sep 23, 2021 | How (Not) to Regulate the Internet: Lessons From the Indian Subcontinent | In February, the Indian government enacted the highly anticipated amendments to its intermediary liability regime. Titled the “Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021,” which we refer to as... |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Pakistan should worry about consequences of Taliban’s success in Afghanistan, former ambassador says | Pakistan was one of the first countries to welcome the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan last month, following the collapse of the U.S.-backed civilian government.
Now, Islamabad has to worry about some of the consequences of the Tal... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Contactless Biometric Verification Services Added for Pakistan’s Digital Banking, Payments Sector | The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in Pakistan has added contactless biometric verification services for the nation’s banking and payments sector, making the Asian nation one of the first in the world to introduce the ... |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Remote learning is setting back millions of children in Pakistan, other South Asian countries: UNICEF | It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused immeasurable suffering for the masses. One of the most affected sectors of the population is school-going children, and while remote learning has mitigated the educational harms of the pa... |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Truck It In raises $3m in ‘largest pre-seed round in the regional trucking sector’ | Karachi-based startup Truck It In, a road freight tech platform, announced on Tuesday that it has raised another $3 million in an extended pre-seed round. This recent round of funding takes the total raised amount to $4.5 million, which it ... |
| Sep 6, 2021 | The highest-paying entry-level programming job in Pakistan, according to PASHA survey | It should come as no surprise that Pakistan is making steady progress in the domain of information technology.
Be it the fact that that more and more local startups are benefiting from incredible rounds of investment, or the fact that the ... |
| Aug 26, 2021 | PM Imran Khan inaugurates Pakistan’s first smart forest in Sheikhupura | In a project that is being called “one of the biggest projects in Pakistan’s history”, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday inaugurated the country’s first-ever smart Rakh Jhok, Sheikhupura.
As reported by Dawn, this smart forest project... |
| Aug 24, 2021 | The Limits of Leverage in Taliban-Led Afghanistan | Following the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, the United States has pursued a two-track approach to dealing with the group: Pressure when possible, and negotiate when necessary. While a logical strategy, the specifics of the situa... |
| Aug 16, 2021 | “Manufactured in Pakistan”: Pakistan sends first ever shipment of 4G smartphones to UAE | Pakistan is officially a smartphone exporter after sending its maiden shipment of over 5,000 4G smartphones – tagged “Manufactured in Pakistan”, of course – to the United Arab Emirates.
As reported by Dawn, the consignment of 5,500 smartph... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Japan to implement seven new technical programmes in Pakistan | The Japanese government has decided to implement seven new technical cooperation programmes in Pakistan. These programmes include projects geared towards the improvement of health, education, and information technology, among others.
As re... |
| Jul 19, 2021 | Rawalpindi court temporarily prohibits Careem from calling its drivers “captains” | As incredibly absurd as this might sound, a civil court in Rawalpindi has, for the time being, forbidden ride-hailing giant Careem from using the term “captain” for its drivers after an airline pilot complained that he felt humiliated over ... |
| Jun 16, 2021 | Plant-Based Meth From Afghanistan Is Turning Up All Over the World | In the run-down township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town, South Africa a group of men are sitting in a living room as one of them holds a small baggy of white, crystalline powder to the computer screen on a WhatsApp video link.
“We’ve been smok... |
| Jun 10, 2021 | PM Imran rejects “Rs. 1” tax on phone calls, tasks FBR to collect Rs. 1 trillion via additional taxes | Exhibiting deep concern for the welfare of the general public, PM Imran rejected a proposal to deduct Rs. 1 on each phone call on account of the education levy in the upcoming federal budget for 2021-22. Pakistanis took a deep sigh of relie... |
| May 24, 2021 | Over 100 Pakistani women are offering telemedicine support to Palestinians | With the whole nation expressing its support for the Palestinian cause and standing in solidarity with the Palestinian population, over a hundred Pakistani women doctors in more than a dozen countries have risen to the occasion to make sure... |
| May 24, 2021 | Pakistani sellers are over the moon for Amazon listing but FBR could be knocking at their door | You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper! He doesn’t disappear…he catches up. And he could be readying its Scythe for a Blyth about to enter its territory.
Last week, Pakistan officially joined the Am... |
| May 21, 2021 | Breaking: Pakistani sellers can now create Amazon accounts as Pakistan officially joins Amazon list | As of May 21, 2021, Pakistani sellers can now register with Amazon seller central and start selling as Pakistan has now officially joined Amazon’s list of sellers. The option to select Pakistani phone numbers is now enabled.
Moreover, th... |
| May 1, 2021 | PTA extends support to Sri Lanka for mobile number portability | The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has extended training and technical support to the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka for successful implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in the country.
As rep... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | PAEC develops Pakistan’s ‘first indigenous ICU ventilator’ | The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) announced on Wednesday that it had developed the country’s “first indigenous intensive care unit (ICU) ventilator”, called the “i-Live”.
As reported by Dawn, the ventilator was developed by PAEC... |
| Apr 28, 2021 | Internet freedom has declined in Pakistan since 2020: report | Internet freedom in Pakistan has declined dramatically since 2020 due to increased blocking of political, social and cultural websites by the government.
As reported by Dawn, this is the major insight gained from the “Annual Pakistan media... |
| Apr 24, 2021 | ‘Avoidable’, ‘Missteps’: How global media covered India’s Covid-19 surge | India’s Covid-19 crisis has drawn the world’s attention, with its alarming situation featuring on the first pages of newspapers across the globe this week. On Saturday, India broke its previous record to count more than 3.46 lakh infections... |
| Apr 20, 2021 | US sanctions are hurting Huawei badly but the company is determined to fight back, says official | The US sanctions against Huawei have had a drastic impact on its global business and sharply slowed its revenue growth in 2020. Yet the Chinese tech giant is determined to fight back and rely on other countries for growing its business if t... |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Imran Khan calls for automation to replace human labor, more Pakistanis to become jobless? | The premier made the remarks while addressing a ceremony in Lahore after performing the groundbreaking for the Naya Pakistan Housing Program.
“Automation is essential if we want to increase our ease of doing business and bring down costs,”... |
| Apr 6, 2021 | UET Peshawar develops low-cost solar panels to be unveiled this week | The Centre for Advanced Studies and Energy of the University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, has developed solar panels at half the price of the existing silicon ones with the help of international partners by using the third gener... |
| Apr 3, 2021 | Broadband subscriptions in Pakistan reach 100 million | Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced on Friday that broadband subscriptions in the country have reached the 100 million mark.
As reported by Dawn, PTA said there were fewer than 2m subscriptions in 2012, but after the intro... |
| Mar 30, 2021 | These Women Are Risking Their Lives to Play Football | Sughra Rajab adjusts her hijab, ties her laces, and starts training at a football field under a hot Karachi sun to prepare for her team’s next game.
Rajab, 19, is here to represent her hometown at the National Women’s Football Championship,... |
| Mar 28, 2021 | Digital Banking: State Bank of Pakistan Releases New Guidelines for Virtual Banks, but Cash Is Still King in the Country | The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the nation’s central bank, announced on Friday (March 26, 2021) that it has started working on a separate set of guidelines for virtual banks which will focus on “regional regulatory trends,” according to a... |
| Mar 21, 2021 | Making Sense of Iran and al-Qaeda’s Relationship | Editor’s Note: Al-Qaeda and Iran are strange bedfellows. Iran’s allies and proxies are often at war with al-Qaeda affiliates, but at the same time Iran hosts senior al-Qaeda leaders. Colin Clarke of The Soufan Group and Stanford’s Asfandyar... |
| Mar 21, 2021 | Discover Pakistan – Pakistan’s first & only tourism TV Channel goes live | Pakistan’s only and first-ever tourism-focused satellite TV channel – Discover Pakistan went live on Saturday; it was announced by the channel’s social media pages while also urging the local cable operators to begin broadcasting the channe... |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Pakistan’s mobile phone imports surge by over 51pc to $1.31bn | According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the country’s mobile phone imports have witnessed a dramatic increase of 51.59 percent to $1.311 billion over the course of eight months of the current financial year 2020-21.... |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Islamabad police launches smart e-police desk to facilitate complaint registrations | Islamabad police have introduced high tech e-police desk system for the registration of complaints without any human interaction.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Qazi Jamilur Rehman formally inaugurated the e-police desk in F-6 Super Mar... |
| Mar 18, 2021 | A Rare Desert Bird Will Soon Become Extinct Because of Politics | As the sun sets over the sandy dunes of Balochistan, hunting enthusiast Rizwan Talpur walks home with a variety of birds in his bag. In it is an assortment of grouse.
His hunting party of five is armed with shotguns, binoculars and traps.
T... |
| Mar 9, 2021 | For These Fishermen, Crossing an Imaginary Line in the Sea Can Turn Deadly | When Vinu Bambhaniya, a fisherman from the western Indian state of Gujarat, set out for sea, the weather was balmy and calm. It was January 2017, and Bambhaniya promised his wife that he would return in 20 days with a big haul of fish on a ... |
| Mar 4, 2021 | Rawalpindi gets its first freelance IT hub worth Rs35 million | A freelance hub has been established in Rawalpindi that is said to be worth PKR35 million and the auction for the hub will be held on March 10.
As per details, the IT hub has a working area of 1,700 square feet with four meeting halls, two... |
| Feb 21, 2021 | Chinese firm to set up $150m industrial park in Lahore to boost exports | A Chinese apparel firm is investing a grand total of $150 million in an industrial park project on Lahore’s border with Kasur. The park will feature state-of-the-art fabric units, dyeing facilities and garment manufacturing units for export... |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Telehealth: A viable solution to Pakistan’s healthcare woes | From ensuring swift medical aid to protecting the frontline healthcare workers and streamlining the health records nationally, the onset of COVID-19 has led to permanent changes in Pakistan’s healthcare system.
Contactless technologies tha... |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Learning To Live With What Life Throws At Us | Organizational psychologist specialized in Change Management, Workplace Redesign, and Leadership Training. Leaders of Tomorrow Institute |
