KARACHI ( TARIQ REPORT ) Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) criticised Sindh government’s decision to continue imposing sales tax on exports of information technology enabled services. The provincial government announced in the Sindh Budget 2017-18 that the services will continue to face sales tax. However, P@SHA said the practice is negativelyRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA REPORT ) In order to provide traffic updates and improve coordination with citizens, the City Traffic Police Lahore (CTPL) in collaboration with Punjab Information and Technology Board (PITB) will launch an Android application called Road and Streets Traffic Awareness (RASTA). It was decided in a meeting heldRead More →
KARACHI ( TARIQ REPORT ) Dell EMC announced a wave of new innovations at Dell EMC World in Las Vegas early this month, serving a specific and meaningful role towards helping enterprises realize their goals for digital transformation. The proclamation from the same was extended in Pakistan at a local hotelRead More →
KARACHI ( MEDIA REPORT ) New evidence has emerged which validates the claim that the restaurant in Pakistan certainly booming. Now, restaurants are set to utilise digital platforms for internal order placements – a move that will reduce time of orders while accommodating more customers. So, the next time aRead More →
LAHORE/ Austin, TX, USA (PRESS RELEASE ) The Crossover ran a successful hiring tournament in Karachi, looking to hire the best talent from Pakistan. More than 300 programmers in Dot Net and Java technology applied in a highly competitive competition. Crossover hires through a gaming tournament approach, where programmers haveRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in collaboration the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) organized a workshop to collect feedback from stakeholders on biomass policy. Recognizing the need for tapping all possible energy sources available to Pakistan, especially renewable sources such as biomass, UNIDORead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom ( MoIT) has prepared a special package for IT sector covering enhancement in existing incentives, rationalization of duties/taxes and simplification of tax regime envisaging to promote local assembly/manufacturing of IT hardware and double software exports, it is learnt. ItRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cashed in on United State’s recent ban barring Middle East airlines from having electronic items on board. The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed new restrictions on electronic devices carried by travelers coming to the United States from 10 airports mainly inRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The loan agreement to build first state of art multipurpose Information Technology Park in Islamabad was signed between Government of Pakistan and Korean EXIM bank on Tuesday. Secretary Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Tariq Mahmood Pasha and Executive Director of Korean Exim Bank, Younghoon Chang signedRead More →
High consumer taxes mean the poorest Pakistanis are unable to afford mobile broadband ISLAMABAD (BMZ REPORT ) The GSMA today set out a number of measures that Pakistan will need to take in order to close the digital divide in the country and reach its Vision 2025 goals. In aRead More →
LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT ) Provincial Minister for Higher Education, Syed Raza Ali Gillani has said the process of distribution of 115000 laptops among universities’ students would commence from March 13. In the beginning, public sector universities’ students would be given laptops according to the laid-down criteria and merit. However,Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) WikiLeaks has published documents that it claims reveal the extent of the CIA’s hacking and cyber espionage tools. The trove, called Vault 7, is the “largest ever publication of confidential documents” on the CIA and covers activity between 2013 and 2016. WikiLeaks said it published theRead More →