ISLAMABAD- Ministry of science and technology has launched much awaited accreditation process by seeking applications from private and public information technology institutes. However, the much-trumpeted National Accreditation Council and the law, through which the system will be provided legal cover, are still nowhere in sight and reports suggest that they have fallen victim to bureaucratic […]
LAHORE- The ministry of science and information technology is going to launch a project for increasing the knowledge about IT among Pakistani women in particular. Komal Akram, Chief Development Officer of I-Managers (I-manager is official media manager of the project of Pakistani Women in Technology) informed the sources after the launching of Lahore Chapter of […]
KARACHI- The Economic Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan on the invitation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) has nominated three IT experts from Pakistan to attend the Roundtable Conference to be held in Bangalore, India, from August 28-29, 2001. Deputy Secretary Economic Affairs Division, Najma Siddiqui had received a letter from the ADB a few days […]
KARACHI- Pakistan is being looked with great interest for investment and there has been an investment of $ 146 million in the IT-related field this year whereas next year the figure is expected to go up to $ 440 million. Federal Minister stated this for Science and Technology, Dr Atta ur Rehman while speaking as […]
KARACHI- More than 485,000 people from 450 cities and town of Pakistan are taking direct advantage from the treasure of information through Internet. The affordable electronic accessibility in distant locations has enabled the masses to explore a totally new world and utilize the precious information, which is available on millions of web pages, according to […]
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) has leased STM-1 (155Mbits/s) IP bandwidth from Karachi to USA through Singapore Telecom to meet the Internet bandwidth requirement in Pakistan. A press release issued here on Monday said that the connectivity had been established using the SEA-ME-3 optic fibre cable system from Pakistan to UK with onward transatlantic extension […]
QUETTA- The President of Pakistan is to inaugurate the Quetta-Shikarpur-Sukkur optical fibre link. The inauguration of fibre link will usher in a new era of progress in Balochistan. Situated at a strategic location, bordering Iran, Afghanistan and touching the hot waters of Gulf and Arabian sea, Balochistan is the biggest province of Pakistan with an […]
ISLAMABAD- Government will focus more on IT services like call centres, medical and legal transcription services and outsourcing of offshore operations. This was stated by Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof. Ata-ur-Rehman while presiding over IT Advisory Board meeting. The minister said this decision has been made after reviewing the international market trends and […]
LAHORE- With the completion of Phase II of Universal Internet Access Coverage Plan, initiated by Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL), about 2.7 million telephone customers have been added in the network, increasing the telephone population coverage for Internet from 45 per cent to 55 per cent. According to PTCL officials, under Phase II, Internet coverage […]
ISLAMABAD- Information Technology has become the most dynamic sector of Pakistan’s economy and it is expected to fetch US$ 400 to 500 million investment in the current financial year. Sources at the Ministry of Science and Technology said that investor-friendly policies of present government have brought in an investment of US$ 146 million during the […]
ISLAMABAD- The Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) will conduct a two-day workshop in Urdu Web Authoring here from today at the IBADAT campus. This is the second in a series of workshops in Urdu Web authoring that SDNP/IUCN plans to conduct. This workshop, the first of its kind in the Capital, is based on the […]
KARACHI- A two-day work-shop on “Basic Web Authority for Libraries” commences at the Brain Tech Institute of Information Technology at Gulshan-i-Iqbal. This was announced by an official of the Sustainable Development Networking programme (SDNP) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The SDNP believes that there should be an in-house capacity in this sector to set […]
PESHAWAR- Like most other towns and cities computers and phones have made considerable inroads into the communications market of Peshawar. With a large population of Afghan refugees and those who’s friends and relatives live abroad, people throng the internet/cyber cafes to communicate with them. If it weren’t for the refugees’ relatives abroad most of the […]
KARACHI- Pakistan can win a large number of foreign contracts for the information technology (IT) professionals by checking the high software piracy rate, said Jawad Al Redha, Director, Business Software Alliance (BSA), Middle East. “Software piracy is the main impediment to the growth of software sector in Pakistan and its widespread prevalence must be checked,” […]
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