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Microsoft steps up drive to grab cloud services market

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By: Farooq Baloch KARACHI: With cloud defining the future of information technology, world’s leading software companies seem to have stepped up campaigns to educate consumers and businesses about the benefits of cloud services. Microsoft Pakistan is one of them. Not long after it held a seminar about a private cloud service, the software giant held […]


‘IT knowledge has prime importance in today’s world’

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In today’s world, IT knowledge is of prime importance as it not only unlocks the doors of progress and prosperity but also provides a chance to get access to global opportunities. Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Vice President Mian Abuzar Shad stated this while speaking at certificate-awarding ceremony arranged for the participants of […]


IT minister vows to upgrade obsolete system

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KARACHI: The Sindh Information Technology Department is trying to upgrade all the obsolete system in various departments of the provincial government, said the caretaker IT minister on Wednesday. Mian Zahid Hussain said that for this purpose, he would sign memorandums of understanding with representatives of multinational IT companies. Hussain was addressing a dinner reception held […]


PPP’s two official websites hacked

LAHORE: Two official websites of the largest political party in the country, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), were hacked on Monday. The PPP has already been facing terror threats from the extremists, especially the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), during its current election campaign. Extremist forces have been carrying out bombings, targeted killings against three major liberal political […]


Malaysian firm, KMC subsidiary lock horns over IT tower project

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KARACHI: A Malaysian multinational company and a subsidiary of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation have locked horns over construction of a 47-storey high-rise IT Tower in Karachi. According to highly-placed sources, the IM Technologies Pakistan, a subsidiary of the Malaysian multinational company, has moved the Singapore-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration for […]


IT system developed to support code of conduct monitoring

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By Anwer Sumra Published LAHORE: Violations of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) code of conduct for candidates and parties once reported would now be easily accessible to the relevant authorities. The Code of Conduct Violation Monitoring System, developed by the Urban Unit of the Planning and Development Department, employs Android applications to document violations […]


Call to equip youth with IT education

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LAHORE – The Islamia University Bahawalpur vice chancellor has said that Pakistani youth is an asset for higher education institutions in the county and we need to train these youth in accordance with the latest knowledge of science and technology. He was delivering lecture on opportunities for Pakistani scientists in the field of medicine at […]


Tests of science, technology & good communication

TODAY the world walks over the road of science and technology. Whether it is business, education, health, commerce, or economic conditions, a potential difference has always been found among them all. Good professionals of related areas and sectors are busy enhancing their business activities, debiting liabilities, and increasing proprietorship and capital through financing in tangible […]


Karachi’s voters’ list ready, says Nadra

GUJRANWALA: The chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), Tariq Malik, said on Wednesday that voter lists of Karachi would be handed over to the Election Commission of Pakistan in two days. He told reporters after the inauguration of a Nadra office in Gujranwala that there were 86 million registered voters in the […]


Media summit discusses technology, youth

ISLAMABAD: On Wednesday, the All Pakistan Newspaper Society inaugurated a two-day South Asia Media Summit. Media executives from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka spoke about how the industry must change in response to rapid developments in both technology and media culture. Each session of the conference, held on the occasion of APNS’s 60th anniversary, was […]


NADRA proposes SIM verification through biometrics

Islamabad: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has proposed a comprehensive solution of Biometric based verification of CNICs for issuance of SIMs to the Telcos. In this regard NADRA conducted a live demonstration of Biometric verification of computerized national identity card for issuance of SIMs, to the TELCOs Todays at NADRA Headquarters. NADRA gave a […]


Cellular companies mull multiple options for SIMs verification

By Muhammad Yasir KARACHI: The cellular operators are mulling on different options for introducing new SIM sales mechanism to ensure transparent system throughout the retail outlets’ network at minimum expenses. Officials of the cellular phone companies said that operators have proposed different mechanisms for deployment of new system in whole sector after conducting separate financial […]


Extension in period for IT exemption certificate sought

Lahore: Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has called for extension in period for income tax exemption certificate under income tax ordinance 2001. The PIAF Chairman Sohail Lashari in a statement on Monday said that income tax exemption certificate should be issued for one year instead of three months. He said that one month […]


CNIC mandatory to get treatment at Rawalpindi BBH

Muhammad Qasim RAWLPINDI: Provision of computerised national identity card (CNIC) is mandatory to get treatment at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital even in emergency. It is causing problems to patients and their attendants. A number of people complain of the difficulties they have to face in case they forget to bring their CNICs while rushing to […]