ISLAMABAD- Beware of the lucrative offers received by e-mail to get double the amount of credit on the pre-paid Internet usage cards. Many users of Comsats Internet Services have been conned by a hacker, who sent them e-mails telling them they are the winners of 100 percent extra hours which are deposited to their accounts […]
ISLAMABAD- Suhail Shahid, Managing Director, Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) Wednesday, said the Board was targeting to make Pakistan an ‘IT Superpower’ in a three-year period, and the accomplishments of the PSEB have so far been “remarkably high, praiseworthy and superb.” ”The goal is clear and it is to take Pakistan IT industry to one […]
HYDERABAD- The Anti-terrorism Court judge, Syed Ali Ashraf Shah, here on Monday dismissed two separate applications filed by the defence in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case. The defence for the principal accused, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, had requested the court to call the general manager of Pakistan Television, Islamabad, to verify the Feb […]
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has signed contracts with 22 local software companies to help them achieve ISO 9001 certification. And subsequently, eight software firms have been selected for consultancy, according to Kashif Amin, Project Manager ISO certification. Under the programme, PSEB will provide financial assistance to the software houses to achieve ISO standards, […]
KARACHI- The Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has signed a contract with a private firm to establish first-ever Information Technology Park in this IT hub city which is expected to be operational in August. Director PSEB Arif Khosa signed the contract on behalf of the board, while further documentary process would be completed in a […]
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan and China signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of information technology (IT) will particular emphasis on Software development. Managing Director, Pakistan Software Export Board, Suhail Shahid and Ms. Zhan Yan, a senior executive of China ZGC Software Park signed the document in Beijing. Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. […]
KARACHI- The graduates of the Information Technology (IT) and computer science are facing hardships in getting well-rewarding jobs even after spending Rs 0.1 million per year on tuition fees. “Our batch comprised of over 100 students which passed-out last year from the University of Karachi and after six months only 35 students are employed,” said […]
Karachi- Despite government’s hectic efforts to promote Information Technology (IT), the sector is failed to gear up to its full capacity and only 323 Software houses (SWH) out of 664 are reported to be operational throughout the country. According to “Census of Software Industry and related services of Pakistan 2002” compiled by Federal Bureau of […]
ISLAMABAD- The government has earmarked an amount of Rs14.2 million under the public sector development programme (PSDP) for the year 2002-03 for the national accreditation council for IT institutes. The council was recently approved by the government and would be established after cabinet’s final approval. The allocation also includes foreign component of Rs4 million and […]
ISLAMABAD- The Saudi Arabian Embassy has assured all help to Pakistani software companies for operations and co-operation with Saudi companies in the kingdom. This assurance was provided by Tarig M. A. Bahhah, First Secretary of Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, during a GITEX follow-up meeting with representatives of local software companies and officials of Pakistan […]
QUETTA- A meeting of Balochistan Cabinet was held under the chairmanship of Balochistan Governor, Justice (Retd) Amirul Mulk Mengal, which ratified establishment of an Information Technology University in Quetta for which federal government has provided a fund of Rs 39 million. It also approved establishment of IT Management Sciences Institute in Loralai, which will cost […]
ISLAMABAD- The law ministry has approved a draft law on Accreditation Council for Education in IT after constant persuasion by science and technology minister Dr Attaur Rehman. “Now the draft ordinance, intended to streamline and standardize the mushroom growth of different IT institutes in the country, is ready to be submitted before the Cabinet for […]
ISLAMABAD- The information technology and telecom division will set up a university of IT and management sciences at Quetta. According to a press release issued here on Thursday, Rs39 million has been allocated by the ministry for the first phase of the project. The president during his visit to Quetta in March 2001 had announced […]
LAHORE- Pakistan is collaborating with Islamic countries to launch multi-million dollar projects in information technology to meet the modern-day requirements. This was stated by Federal Science and Technology Minister Dr Attaur Rehman while speaking at the first convocation of the Lahore College for Women after attaining the status of a degree-awarding institution in 1999. Prof […]
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