ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Telenor Pakistan and Facebook have launched the second installment of its knowledge-based initiative Internet Champion -iChamp, which includes a nationwide competition for schoolchildren and a reality show on national TV this year. The launching ceremony, held at a private school in Rawalpindi, was attended byRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan and Huawei Technologies organised on Thursday a ceremony to celebrate 10 years of strategic partnership for promotion of higher education through development of ICT infrastructure in Pakistan. Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms was chief guestRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Telenor announced an agreement to sell its Indian operations to Bharti Airtel, in a deal that will see the Norwegian operator exit the country. In a statement, Telenor confirmed a definitive agreement with Airtel, giving the current Indian market leader full ownership of its IndianRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) PEMRA has issued show cause notice to 29 TV channels _ including almost all the leading channels for running fake breaking news of second blast in Lahore in a hotel in Gulberg area today, soon after explosion in Lhr Defence in which nine were killedRead More →
KARACHI ( TARIQ REPORT ) Bank Alfalah’s famed talent hunt and development program returned today with four budding designers fighting for the coveted ‘Rising Talent’ trophy at the opening of Fashion Pakistan Week 2017 at a local hotel in Karachi. Bank Alfalah’s Rising Talent platformaims to motivate, inspire and recognizeRead More →
LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT ) The global leader in technology – Samsung held a vibrant prize-distribution ceremony at Metro cash and carry, Thokar niaz baig on 22nd February, where the winner of a prize-campaign was presented with a brand new Honda ‘Civic’ car 2017 model. This high-valued prize-scheme promised toRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Telenor Pakistan has been awarded the Universal Services Fund (USF) contract for provision of Telecom, Digital and Mobile Internet Services to the Kohistan region. This is the sixth year that Telenor has won such a contract from USF that will further Telenor’s mission of bringingRead More →
GENEVA ( International Desk ) For the first time since 2009, the value of global imports of information and communications technology (ICT) goods declined in 2015 by 3.6 percent in current prices to just over $2 trillion (Chart 1). Whereas the 2009 decline was connected to the 2008 global economicRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) A shouting match broke out between PML-N ministers and journalists outside the premises of the Supreme Court during recess in Wednesday’s hearing of the Panamagate case. The protesting journalists — who accused Anusha Rehman, minister of state for IT, of unlawfully seizing journalist Azam Gill’sRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The federal government approved Punjab Government’s request to deploy Rangers in Punjab and give them policing powers for 60 days. The decision was taken after a wave of terrorist attacks throughout the country which included a deadly suicide bombing in Lahore. The Punjab government, followingRead More →
LAHORE (MEDIA REPORT ) The Lahore High Court (LHC) has suspended a notification placing five autonomous regulatory bodies under the control of various ministies. LHC Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah issued these directions on Tuesday while hearing a petition of Advocate Sheraz Zaka. Through the December 2016 notification, Oil and GasRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) In a yet another significant development in the realm of ICT empowered socio economic development, Ministry of IT & Telecom through the USF Co entered into a contract with Jazz for establishment of ten telecenters across diverse areas of the country. In this connection, aRead More →