LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT ) Information Technology experts of various countries called on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at Arfa Karim Software Technology Park and appreciated his steps for the promotion of information technology. Prof Richard Anderson, University of Washington, Prof Mike Best, Georgia-tech University, Helane Galpaya, Chief Executive OfficerRead More →
KARACHI ( TAHIR REPORT ) Enterprises worldwide are expected to spend nearly $500 billion in 2014 to deal with issues caused by malware deliberately loaded onto pirated software, a Microsoft press statement said on Thursday. A joint study released in Pakistan by Microsoft during a media roundtable held by theRead More →
PESHAWAR ( ANWAR REPORT ) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Engineer Shaukatullah has said every possible step would be taken to provide latest and enhanced telecommunications and internet facilities in far-flung areas of Fata. He directed the Special Communications Organisation (SCO) to formulate a detailed proposal regarding the provision of GSM mobileRead More →
ISLAMABAD (BMZ REPORT ) A progress review meeting to roll-out e-office suite at All Federal Ministries/Divisions was held under the chairmanship of Ms. Anusha Rahman, Minister of State for IT. The meeting was also attended by Mr. Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar, Secretary IT, Mr. Azmat Ali Ranjha, Additional Secretary (IT) andRead More →
LAHORE ( Hafeez Report ) Speaking at the sixth session on Digital Media Marketing, which was held as part of the proceedings of International Marketing Congress, Salim Ghauri, CEO of NetSol, said the world has changed very much due to revolution of digital media and it is a clear messageRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA ) A group of lawyers favouring the ban on YouTube staged protested demonstration outside the Lahore High Court against “blasphemy or any steps taken to defend blasphemers.” Bytes for All, the petitioner, is seeking withdrawal of the ban on the popular video sharing website. Its counsel YasserRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Minister of State for Information Technology, Ms. Anusha Rahman, held a consultative session with the World Bank Country Director,Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud, at the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT), to discuss the mutual collaboration, cooperation and opportunities to strengthen the IT industry in Pakistan. The MinisterRead More →
PESHAWAR ( MEDIA ) The Khyber Paktunkhwa Information Technology Board launched Civic Hackthon Fellowship for Peshawar students on Tuesday. The announcement was made by Minister for Information Technology (IT) Shahram Khan Tarakai who appreciated the efforts of the solution software applications which formed by the IT students for which theRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The Board reviewed the progress on the PSEB plans to accredit itself with local and international regulatory bodies for certifying the IT Industry to increase number of international certified companies at minimal cost & in a short span of time. Board also reviewed positive feedbackRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA ) A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench, which is hearing a petition against YouTube ban, asked the state minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Rahman to appear before the court on March 13, 2014 after she failed to appear before the court on Tuesday. TheRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) On March 12, the internet will turn 25. More accurately, the form of internet that we know today will turn 25. Before March 1989, it was possible to transfer data between computers connected by a network. But websites, which make data more widely accessible, had notRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The PSDP IT project titled “Establishment of Land Revenue Records Management Information System (LRRMIS) in the Rural Areas of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Islamabad” was originally approved by CDWP on 27th November 2006 and continued to remain pending till the new Government took office andRead More →