It's a pity that Pakistan was ranked at 131 out of 141 countries in the 2015 report of the Global Innovation Index — which explores the impact of innovation-oriented policies on economic growth and development...
The Ministry of Science and Technology, upon inquiry from the National Assembly, stated in a report that the reasons for the country's poor ranking include:1) Low percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for science and...
The fourth Pakistan StartUp Cup — arranged by the US Diplomatic Mission in Pakistan and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) — is looking for entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas to apply to the competition by September 20...
KARACHI: The auditorium of Habib University on Sunday evening was abuzz with activity as the three-day hackathon ‘I am Karachi Innovation Challenge’, held in collaboration with Pakistan Innovation Foundation, came to an end, providing opportunities to the charged up winning teams, whose projects aced above the rest...
A panel of five dignitaries — I Am Karachi Consortium President Jameel Yusuf, [email protected] President Jahan Ara, writer Romana...
Initially a success in posh localities of Karachi, the company is now planning expanding its business in other cities as well...
It is doing well in Lahore, according to market sources, adding that this start-up will have to come up with a more innovative business model amidst growing market competition with Uber...
THE Federal Committee on Agriculture does not appear to be innovative in setting crop targets and encouraging crop diversification...
Facebook is in early stages of testing its Express Wi-Fi service in India, BBC reported on Monday...
Express Wi-Fi is being launched in collaboration with local internet service providers (ISPs)
The withdrawal of incentives forced 400 out of 440 units to uproot their plants and machinery and relocate to other parts as manufacturing in the area became unfeasible due to freight costs on movement of raw materials and finished goods from and to the port in Karachi and elsewhere in the country...
The company, employing 5,500-6,000 people in its two facilities in Gadoon and Karachi, succeeded in grossing a modest profit of Rs591......
THE use of financial technology — fintech — is fast becoming visible across the spectrum of all banking products but notably for handling of home remittances...
“As the central bank keeps pushing us to mobilise more remittances from overseas Pakistanis and as growth rate of remittances has started slowing down, fintech is keeping us on track in our task,” says a senior executive of National Bank of Pakistan
KARACHI: It might look like an ordinary children's watch, but a closer look and the truly 'smart' features of the watch are revealed...
The drinks at the cafe are your run-of-the-mill drinks served everywhere across the city, though #Social has tried to be innovative with the serving style...
PESHAWAR: Basecamp Peshawar, a co-working and incubation centre, in collaboration with Ilm Ideas2, an NGO, arranged an Education Innovation Challenge (EIC) here to hunt innovative ideas to reform the education system from KG to class 10 under the K10 Project in Khyber PakhtunkhwaTalking to media persons, Basecamp programme manager Neelam Azmat said, “K10 was the first and lone project of its type in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
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NEW DELHI: Switzerland is the world’s most innovative country for a second consecutive year while Asian giant India made the biggest strides among major economies, a global indicator showed on Wednesday...
ISLAMABAD: While acknowledging the role startups are playing in the country’s economic growth and financial inclusion, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that his government will facilitate talented entrepreneurs in transforming their innovative ideas into sustainable businesses...
What might have been the cinematic event of its time has been quickly outpaced by time and events themselves...
KARACHI: Neighbouring India has sent a list of 26 probables and four officials for securing visas for participation in the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) World 6-Red and Team Championship which takes place at a local hotel from Aug 6-15...