SHANGHAI ( PRESS RELEASE ) UnionPay International announced today that it has signed an issuance agreement with Pakistan Summit Bank. The two sides have agreed to jointly issue UnionPay cards on a large scale. Now, UnionPay has become the international bankcard brand with the second largest market share in termsRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has projected to increase country’s information technology (IT) exports to $5 billion by 2020 and $10 billion by 2025, compared to the current $2.8 billion IT exports, but failed to present any road-map for achieving the set targets. Managing DirectorRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) A delegation of Pakistan Computer Association (PCA) led by its Chairman Munawar Iqbal visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry and called upon the government to focus on the better development of IT industry that has the potential to stimulate economic growth and promote exports.Read More →

LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT ) In the photography crazed modern age,Huawei has recently launched its powerful new smartphone – The Mate 9. The device boasts a 2nd-generation ‘Leica’ Dual-lens camera, that takes advantage of a three-way hybrid auto-focus mode for crisp, clean shots. This pioneering camera technology is co-engineered by ‘Leica’ –Read More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Limofied™ – an Australian-owned, rapidly growing ride-share, car-hire and car-booking app, has been launched in Pakistan. It allows passengers using smartphones to submit a trip-request, which is then transmitted to the closest Limofied™ drivers, who use their legally registered vehicles to provide timely, comfortable, courteous andRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Minister of State congratulated the 273 privileged recipients of the laptops under the Prime Minister’s Youth Laptop Scheme. Eng. Mohammad Baleeg ur rehman said that this laptop scheme was started in Punjab under the PML (N) government and after coming into power in 2013, PrimeRead More →

LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT ) Digital transformation will drive Pakistan Vision 2025’s knowledge economy growth and citizen wellbeing, says SAP’s new Pakistan Country Manager. Pakistan Vision 2025 outlines the goals for the country to become of the world’s top 10 economies by 2047, especially in economic diversification, and greater useRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) A Chinese manufacturer has installed ‘backdoor’ software on 700 million Android phones that shares data without users knowing. The software forces the phones to send all the device’s text messages to a server in China every 72 hours. A lawyer representing the company that createdRead More →

KARACHI  ( TARIQ REPORT ) In yet another testament to its pursuit toward academic excellence, Pakistan’s leading technology institution Usman Institute of Technology (UIT) has won the Best Paper Award at a two-day Computer Sciences & Information Technology (CS & IT) conference organized by the Institute of Business & TechnologyRead More →