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The unique videoconference that was held among the students from Pakistan, US and Egypt gave a neat demonstration of what the students from different countries were thinking this time around when the ever-changing world today is buzzing with the controversy of clash of civilization. Pakistani students sitting right in Islamabad exchanged views with the students [...]

The fast developing port city of Gawadar will have its first state of the art desalination plant with capacity of purifying 0.2 million gallons per day (MGD) water in next six months. Associated Builders, a part of Hashoo Group conglomerate on Wednesday inked an agreement with Pure Water Technologies for installing this Rs100 million project. [...]

Arfa Karim, the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, was awarded a gold medal in a reception hosted by Pakistani IT professionals in Dubai. The 10 year old has recently received the Fatimah Jinnah Gold Medal in Science and Technology and the Salaam Pakistan Youth Award 2005. The smart 6th grade student revealed her plans study [...]

Arfa Karim, who was actually nine at the time of the honour, was last week awarded a medal in a special category for distinction in science and technology by General Pervez Musharraf. Significantly, the next day, she landed the coveted annual President’s Pride of Performance Award as well. But Maria Toorpakai Wazir has found the [...]

Office manager Zaman Kazmi for using his skills as accountant, computer technician, engineer, electrician and salesman to keep the bureau functioning during turbulent times so the news always gets out. Founded in 1848, The Associated Press is the world’s oldest and largest newsgathering organization, providing content to more than 15,000 news outlets with a daily [...]

Pakistan is going gaga over a ten-year-old girl with a wholesome face. Last week, she was the recipient of Fatima Jinnah Medal, easily the youngest of the 60 women and four men, awarded for work that has impacted the status of women in Pakistan. Arfa is the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), which per [...]

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has achieved the status of fastest growing IT organisation by virtue of adopting most modern technology and managed to find significant a place among top 50 e-passport technology supplier companies of the world. There are 32 companies from Europe, 11 from USA, four from UK, one from Japan [...]

An eight-member team from Pakistan will take part in the World Cyber Games (WCG) for the very first time. 72 countries are participating in the event to be held in Singapore in November this year. Mamoor said the preliminary rounds for the selection of the Pakistan team would be conducted in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. [...]

Because of its low price and being more secure than rickshaw and safe from creating pollution, this vehicle was described as useful for the city. It is front engine and rear wheel drive with protection level higher than auto rickshaw. It was stated that with the steel body and roll gauge, the vehicle was quite [...]

India’s biggest software exporter plans to open a training center in Pakistan this fall, venturing across a heavily guarded border to launch the first formal joint venture between major companies from the rival nations. Analysts said the cooperation between the nations’ information technology sectors could have broader implications for relations between India and Pakistan… This [...]