ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The Honorable Minister of State for IT, Ms. Anusha Rehman, chaired the 30th meeting of the Board of Directors of Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) to assess the state of the IT industry of Pakistan and to evaluate the steps being taken to bolster longRead More →
KARACHI ( TAHIR REPORT ) Lack of adequately trained IT professionals, insufficient telecommunication infrastructure, wrong selection of IT systems, injudicious use of computers and unawareness in top-tier management are hurting IT growth in the corporate and financial entities of Pakistan. IT entrepreneur and former Pakistan Software Houses Association (Pasha) chairmanRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan and Turkey have huge potential for mutual trade and business opportunities in different sectors of economy. The opportunities in IT and computer sector could also be explored by enhancing interaction between the business communities of the two countries. This consensus view point was emergedRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Japan is ready to explore new trade and investment avenues in IT sector in Pakistan. However business communities and companies from both the countries need to establish better information exchange channels to get fully benefitted from this huge trade potential. This was the notion expressedRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Minister of State for IT Anusha Rehman and members of the IT Ministry had a very fruitful meeting with a team from Korean Eximbank for starting feasibility study for a new state-of-the-art IT Park in Islamabad this year, said a press release issued here onRead More →
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) has granted one last hearing to the critics of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB), 2015, to come and share their concerns and suggestions. Six members representing industry stakeholders, consisting of IT industry experts, will have roughly an hour toRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Rising property taxes caused the real estate sector to stall in the first quarter of 2015, according to new analysis from Lamudi Pakistan. During Q1 2015, an increase was levied in the transfer fee, stamp duty, capital value tax (CVT), and withholding tax. Similarly aRead More →
WASHINGTON ( MEDIA ) The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to end the NSA’s dragnet collection of telephone data from millions of Americans, a controversial program revealed in 2013 by former security contractor Edward Snowden. The USA Freedom Act is seen as a big win for privacy andRead More →
PESHAWAR ( MEDIA ) A three-day International information technology conference “Digital Youth Summit 2015” opened in the provincial capital on Thursday. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board organized the moot in collaboration with the World Bank and other partner organizations. “The main objective of the conference is to bring togetherRead More →
LONDON ( MEDIA ) A 6-year-old British Pakistani boy has become the youngest MS Office professional by passing the Microsoft certification in MS Office 2013. Muhammad Humza Shahzad, who lives in London’s East Croydon, scored 757 while the required score is 700. Humza Shahzad’s parents – Asim Shahzad and SeemabRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Federal Minister for Defence Production, Science and Technology, Rana Tanveer Hussain has said that information technology is playing a vital role in today’s world and if a nation wishes to progress at a fast pace, it has to opt for latest technologies. The government isRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) National Technology Group (NTG) of Saudi Arabia held a seminar at a local hotel in Islamabad which was attended by Minister of IT, MD PSEB, senior management of NTG, Ministry of IT, and PSEB, and many executives of IT companies in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. TheRead More →