Punjab holds potential to become South Asia’s Silicon Valley: Minister

Punjab government collects Rs100bn revenue through e-stamping system LAHORE: Provincial Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht said on Monday that Punjab has the...

PTA to deactivate all smuggled phones by Jan 2019

The Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar has announced that mobile phones sold after 1st December 2018 that are not customs duty...

China evaluating impact from U.S. proposal to boost tech export control

On Tuesday, the Trump administration said China had failed to alter its “unfair” practices at the heart of the U.S.-China trade conflict

Careem looks to raise up to $200 million in China: source

In a separate development, Careem has been working with investment bank Jefferies as an adviser on investment options and fundraising, including a potential mergers and acquisition deal in the region with Uber Technologies Inc

National Incubation Centre graduates its second cohort of 15 startups

ISLAMABAD: The National Incubation Centre – a public-private partnership of Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom (MOITT), Ignite (formerly National ICT R&D Fund),...

82% of Pakistani urban consumers made a online purchase in 2018: Nielsen

Fashion ranks as the top online purchased category in Pakistan at 40%, followed by travel 31% and IT 29% respectively

Rabeel Warraich’s $30 million bet on Pakistani entrepreneurship

How a 33-year-old middle-class Pindi boy became the first professional venture capitalist in Pakistani history

021Disrupt: First step towards building a Silicon Gali in Pakistan?

How one conference wants to help create an entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country that badly needs one

Zanroo will allow Pakistani social media marketers to ‘listen’ to you

Thai social media platform is launching its multilingual social listening tool in Pakistan

Uber posts $1 billion loss in quarter as growth in bookings slows

Revenue for the quarter was $2.95 billion, a 5 percent boost from the previous quarter and up 38 percent from a year ago

FIA instructs banks to bolster their cybersecurity in compliance with global standards

BankIslami admitted that a major amount had been transferred from it by the hackers based in 45 countries

PTCL, Convo collaborate to facilitate Pakistani enterprises

Partnership aims to bring the next-generation employee collaboration and communication solution to Pakistan  KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has signed a...

Spotify launches in the Middle East and North Africa

Before the launch in the Middle East and North Africa, Spotify’s music streaming services were available in 65 markets, according to its website

Provinces brief Senate on IT plans, developments

ISLAMABAD: All four provinces on Tuesday briefed the Senate’s Standing Committee on Information Technology on the details of projects, development of services and...

Singapore central bank chief warns of risks to data localisation measures

A number of other countries in Asia and elsewhere are pursuing data localization laws as they seek greater control over the internet