Technology - 7

In a chic downtown lobby across the street from the Old Executive Office Building, Saadia Musa answers phones, orders sandwiches and lets in the FedEx guy. And she does it all from Karachi, Pakistan. Saadia Musa, on a big screen in the District, works from Pakistan as a receptionist for the Resource Group, a call-center [...]

The Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) credential is for technology professionals who have the skills to successfully implement a Microsoft product or technology as part of a business solution. At just 9 years old, Arfa Karim Randhawa , of Faisalabad, Pakistan, is one of the youngest MCPs in the world. She recently received her credentials from [...]

Ukraine will set up 300 MW coal-fired power plant in Pakistan’s Sindh region at a cost of $600 million. The Sindh Coal Development Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ukraine’s Ukrinterenergo, The News daily reported Thursday. Under the MoU, the state-owned Ukrinterenergo will transfer technology to Fateh Group of Pakistan to set [...]

The Development Gateway operates a global web portal dedicated to improving people’s lives in developing nations, and it is helping establish similar enterprises in over 60 countries. Other services include development-related websites, aid information management systems, e-procurement platforms, and related tools to facilitate the development efforts of governments, international agencies, businesses, and nonprofits. Pakistan’s contribution [...]

ZTE Corporation, China’s largest listed telecommunications equipment manufacturer and wireless solutions provider, is to open a 60,000 square metre facility on the outskirts of Islamabad in Pakistan as part of its growing presence in international markets. ZTE already has more than ten per cent of the fixed line market in Pakistan, while its wireless products [...]

Computer Associates (CA), an international management software company on Tuesday announced its plan to set up business in Pakistan as part of its regional expansion strategy. Country manager of CA for Pakistan Saeid Marashi, addressing a press conference at local hotel said that the CA would establish a liaison office for its operations in Pakistan. [...]

The Pakistani Ambassador to the UAE Syed Qaiser Hussain recently attended a signing ceremony for the establishment of the USD54m National University of Pakistan in Dubai which will be located at the Dubai Academic City. Within five years the campus expects to house 3,500 students, reported Gulf News.

Arfa Karim of Multan has made the nation proud by becoming the youngest ‘Microsoft Certified Professional’ (MCP) in the country, at the age of nine years, and one of only a few certified professionals in the world who are below the age of ten years. The talented child was recently honoured for her proud achievements [...]

Nicknamed “Moon”, probably for his handsome looks, Malik’s nikha took place via telephone. He was in Sialkot in Pakistan and the woman thousands of miles away in the Andhra Pradesh capital Hyderabad. “We met in Dubai for the first time when she had gone with her father,” Malik, 23, told IANS in an interview. “The [...]

“We bought a few rugs from our native Pakistan, but, at the time, we weren’t too serious about it,” said Ayesha, who owned a Mexican/Italian restaurant in Pakistan before moving to New Mexico in 1999. Her husband, who came to the United States in 1979 and met his wife during his many trips to and [...]