Through the medium of a remote virtual event, Huawei Pakistan and the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIK) formalized their Industry-academia partnership. Both parties took part in an official signing ceremony, with the event solidifying the creation of a four year BS degree in Artificial Intelligence partnered by Huawei. The program […]

In the past two months, Emirates has processed nearly 650,000 refund requests, returning over AED 1.9 billion to its customers and making good on its promise to expedite refunds after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted travel plans for millions of customers around the world. In April, Emirates had announced that it would ramp up its refunds […]

Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, will host this year’s SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit for the seventh consecutive year. The 2020 event, which is organized by SAMENA Telecommunications Council, is set to take place on9th July, with leaders from multiple country clusters to participate virtually. The […]

In continuation of its efforts to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, Telenor Pakistan has offered free LinkedIn learning licenses to 1,000 eligible applicants on a first come first serve basis. This will help the jobseekers benefit from the resources and opportunities available online to enhance their skills and seek relevant employment opportunities. Telenor Pakistan […]

VMware, a leading innovator in enterprise software, has announced that it is working with Premier Systems, a leading provider of IT services in Pakistan, to help businesses in the country connect, accelerate, scale and protect their organizational assets as they work through business and societal disruption. With an unprecedented number of people now working remotely […]

Under the umbrella of its recently launched “Jazz Parho” campaign, Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital company, is actively working to provide remote learning opportunities to students as educational institutes remain closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign includes affordable weekly and monthly data & voice packages, an android app with the name Jazz Parho, and the […]

Systems Limited announced the appointment of Asif Akram as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. Asif Akram comes with extensive management experience of delivery of IT and IT-enabled services spanning over 2 decades and honed at leading IT services providers in the region including IBM and PwC. He’s a cross-industry consultant who led sales […]

A delegation from Facebook held a virtual meeting with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to discuss the Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020, and to propose recommendations as part of an ongoing consultation process. In the meeting, Facebook representatives highlighted that the rules should: strive for greater transparency on content restricted in Pakistan ‘preserve […]

With all education institutions still remaining closed in Pakistan, following the impact of COVID-19, both learners and educators have struggled to cope with the disruptions to traditional education, interruptions that threaten to widen pre-existing learning gaps in different regions, thus aggravating the growing digital divide. To help bridge this gap, Huawei Pakistan launched the “Learn […]

Higher Education Commission has been working with Microsoft for well over 10 years. The strategic engagement, which encompasses all public and private sector universities in Pakistan, allows for the students to get access to genuine, state-of-the-art software tools, completely free, including training and skill-building opportunities to nurture their skill set and prepare them for the […]