Technology - 17

Now people living in Sialkot, Faisalabad and other small cities besides Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore can make investment in stock market through Internet, Chairman SECP noted. He said the investment through Internet promoted 100 percent on an international level. Dr Tariq said Rs 595 billion were invested in stock market in January 2001, which has [...]

Keeping the petrol flowing to Pakistani drivers is providing Palmerston North-based company Integration Technologies with its biggest ever deal. It has won a contract worth about $5 million to outfit more than 1000 petrol stations owned by Pakistan State Oil, the national state-owned oil supplier. Integration Technologies provides equipment for petrol stations which integrates forecourt [...]

Since acquiring of VERISYS, a passport office normally processes about 350 records of passport applicants daily. Before introduction of VERISYS, it used to initiate 350 manual verifications per day, which consequently were resulting in volumetric correspondence and maintenance of records, the process used to take at least 15 days. After installation of VERISYS, as many [...]

Inspired by [mobile operator] U-Fone’s marketing campaign in which it extended cell phone connections to multitude of people from August 14 to 17, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), has decided to extend free connections to the prospective customers from September 2 to 8…

Palmchip Corporation, a pioneer in semiconductor IP and system-on-chip platform technology, today announced that they are launching a new company to be called Palmchip Semiconductor, Inc. The company will focus on providing chips for wireless storage applications and will soon announce the first wireless storage Application Specific Standard Product. (ASSP) . In support of their [...]

Doppler radars are used all over the world for their ability to continuously monitor weather systems, helping officials find out the convergence and divergence of air mass which is essential for detecting concentration of moisture resulting in cloud burst or heavy downpour over a specific area even before the rain starts. They help gain more [...]

The curriculum experts of the first National Committee organized by the National Institute of Science and Technical Education (NISTE) have finalized their recommendations on the development of Mathematics Kit to be introduced at Elementary and Secondary School Level throughout the country under Science Education Project, Ministry of Education. This was concluded by the participants of [...]

In the past, Volvo implemented a comprehensive urban transport project in the city of Lahore, funded by Swedish government. Over the years, Volvo has also played an important role in the development of the road network in Pakistan, as Volvo dump trucks have been extensively used by both Pakistani and foreign companies working in this [...]

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) will assign vehicle identification and tracking number and issue the same on a secure document to the applicant. This VITS will be physically transferred to the owner of the vehicle. This will be a permanent laminated document, which will only contain the particulars of the registered vehicle. Vehicle information [...]

The telecom sector, which is undergoing a silent revolution, has placed the country’s economy on a fast track leading to progress and prosperity and Pakistanis now feel the effects of the multi-dimensional visible changes, analysts said on Monday. The revolution has changed the way and style of business, provided thousands of jobs and opened new [...]