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Pakistan’s top securities designer on Saturday suggested revolutionary changes in the electronic National Identity Card (NIC) with an aim to make it more secure. History goes back to 1970-1975 when first NIC campaign took into consideration seriously. The first issued card was absolutely unsecured for the following reasons: Easily photo copied by colour copier. Easily [...]

Pakistan has launched an aggressive effort to woo global corporations to farm out technology tasks with a view to creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs and rake in billions of dollars in foreign exchange. The country’s IT industry leaders say it has all the strong fundamentals that have turned India into an electronics housekeeper [...]

Under the current procedure, all the application forms submitted at the Pakistani missions in the UAE are sent to the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in Pakistan. Nicop is a machine-readable document that facilitates movement through the immigration controls. Its swiping feature makes it a safeguard against misuse. It also offers unique privileges and [...]

A South African company will buy five Mushshak trainer aircraft from the state-run aviation firm Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), Online news agency reported. Following a deal between Uni Group Holdings and PAC, inspectors from the South African Civil Aviation Authority visited Pakistan in October to satisfy themselves about the quality and standard of the aircraft. [...]

The University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore won the first prize in the three-day Asian Open Software Competition ‘Techfest 2005′ held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, from January 28 to 30. According to a press statement, over 200 teams from around the world participated in the competition. Renowned academia and industry giants, [...]

In the age in which people have turned to technology, she feels proud to introduce herself as a craftswoman who uses the point of a needle to give her dreams some shape. A needle, (coloured) thread and cloth are all she uses to embroider a picture or a portrait. Gifted with natural talent, she has [...]

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd, PTCL, will launch its Wireless Local Loop (WLL) service in Karachi next month, PTCL is operating approximately 30 exchanges all over Karachi which will provide WLL connections to the subscribers, however, the subscriber would be restricted not to cross maximum 14-kilometer and minimum 6-kilometer range from his exchange.It may be mentioned [...]

Pakistani press clubs still rely on archaic methods for receiving and disseminating information. Under the project, a total of 122 press clubs in all four provinces as well as in the Northern Areas will be equipped with computers, Internet connections and email facilities for instant exchange of information. The project also includes basic automation software [...]

Student Irum Mahmood came to the U.S. from Pakistan as a teenager in 1998. She shows off one of her designs, “This is one of the jackets I made, it’s called Princess Kimono, and this is a wool plaid. When I first started here I didn’t even know how to thread a needle, so I [...]

At Asia’s oldest salt mine, the march of technology stopped generations ago. Bare-chested laborers use hand-cranked drills and gunpowder to blast away the pink and orange-colored rock crystal, lucky if they earn a couple of dollars a day. The mineral wealth of Pakistan’s craggy Salt Range has been exploited for centuries by rulers from Alexander [...]