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SMEs: Business community seeks sound cyber security system

ISLAMABAD: The business community has urged the government to provide a sound cyber security system to Small and...

Published 20 Oct, 2023 05:17am

Pakistan

Umar Saif assumes charge as caretaker IT & Telecom minister

ISLAMABAD: Dr Umar Saif assumed charge as the caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology,...

Published 19 Aug, 2023 06:36am

Pakistan

Clarification by PTML

ISLAMABAD: In reference to the information circulating on various sections of social media, the PTML would like to...

Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am

Perspectives

Balancing the digital gender divide is critical to achieving economic equality

There is a persisting gender gap in the technology and innovation sectors across many countries, as women and girls...

Published 24 Jul, 2023 06:51pm

Technology

Zong 4G says has revolutionized country’s digital landscape

ISLAMABAD: 2023 marks a momentous milestone for Zong 4G as it celebrates 15 years of unwavering excellence in...

Published 21 Jul, 2023 06:38am

Business & Finance

Telecom customers: GSMA advocates reduction in taxes through finance bill

ISLAMABAD: The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) has proposed the government for a ...

Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am

Pakistan

‘Digital Pakistan’: Dr Imran Batada’s book launched at IoBM event

KARACHI: The book “Digital Pakistan” by Dr Imran Batada was launched at the Institute of Business Management...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Pakistan

1,800 TCF schools: Jazz digitally enabling TCF to implement tech-enabled learning

KARACHI: Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator and a part of VEON Group, is digitally enabling The Citizens...

Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am

Technology

‘Country heading towards digital catastrophe’

ISLAMABAD: The chief executive officers of Pakistan’s largest telecom companies have warned that the country is...

Updated 03 Feb, 2023 10:35am

Supplements

Welcome to Digital Pakistan

TEXT: The world has gone digital and like many other countries, Pakistan is also on a journey of Digital...

Published 07 Dec, 2022 06:18am

Business & Finance

Mobile industry underscores need for WGA to battle against headwinds

ISLAMABAD: There is a significant risk of Digital Pakistan not being realised in the current market and regulatory...

Published 25 Nov, 2022 06:26am

Technology

At GITEX, Pakistan makes a pitch for investment in its IT sector

DUBAI: Pakistan made its mark on day two of GITEX GLOBAL 2022, dubbed the world’s largest tech show, where the...

Published 12 Oct, 2022 05:46am

Pakistan

Minister inaugurates Data Dissemination KIOSK

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal inaugurated the Data Dissemination KIOSK. Dr Naeemuz...

Published 29 Jul, 2022 06:14am

Business & Finance

Telecom sector needs to upgrade infrastructure, says minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Syed Aminul Haque has said that the...

Published 20 May, 2022 05:15am

Opinion

‘The year of telecommunication’

Bell to Broadband is a Tale of Telecomm-unication. The beginning of modern telecommunications in the nineteenth...

Published 01 May, 2022 05:11am

Pakistan

Jazz wins five awards at Effie Awards Pakistan 2022

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s leading digital operator Jazz has won five awards at the Effie Awards Pakistan 2022. The...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Business & Finance

Systems Limited, 1LINK join hands to accelerate business transformation

KARACHI: Asif Peer, CEO and Managing Director at Systems Limited, and Najeeb Agrawalla, CEO at 1LINK, joined hands ...

Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:15am

Supplements

Peak Solutions: Our dream may come true and we may see Pakistan as a “Digital Pakistan”

TEXT: The universe is evolving. The whole world and human beings have to grow and change certain things to be ...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 06:44am

Business & Finance

Jul 2021 to Jan 2022: ICT export remittances surge to $1.487bn

ISLAMABAD: The ICT export remittances, including telecommunication, computer and information services for the period...

Published 26 Feb, 2022 04:37am

Pakistan

New-era technology: Senate panel for ‘transformation’ of state media organizations

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Wednesday emphasized on the transformation...

Published 20 Jan, 2022 04:21am

Pakistan

Fixed broadband: Govt has yet to cash in on $6bn investment opportunity: Tabadlab

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fixed broadband network is grossly inadequate in servicing the rising internet demands of ...

Published 12 Jan, 2022 04:25am

Pakistan

VEON Group CEO Kaan Terzioglu meets PM

ISLAMABAD: Kaan Terzioglu, Chief Executive Officer, VEON Group called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad. ...

Published 25 Nov, 2021 03:53am

Business & Finance

USF has emerged as leading public-sector organization: CEO

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) has emerged as a leading public-sector organisation, which has the...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

Nokia wants to help develop 5G ecosystem roadmap in Pakistan: officials

ISLAMABAD: Nokia has expressed keen interest for collaboration with the Ministry of Information Technology and...

Updated 03 Oct, 2021 11:42am

Pakistan

Un-served and under-served areas of Sindh, Punjab: USF approves 4 projects to provide high-speed internet services

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) Board approved four projects worth around Rs 993 million to provide...

Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am

Digital financial products, services: SBP announces 2 initiatives

KARACHI: Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr Reza Baqir announced two new initiatives to facilitate the...

Published 05 Aug, 2021 03:21am

BR Research

No more cheap talk?

The government’s Digital Pakistan drive depends on making Information and Telecommunication Technology (ICT)...

Published 08 Jul, 2021 08:20am

Pakistan

Education Ministry, Tech Valley join hands to make ICT Schools digital

The aim of this step of Ministry of Federal Education was to ensure the professional development of teachers and students. Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education Wajiha Qamar has termed this initiative a milestone in the history.

Published 24 May, 2021 05:50pm

Pakistan

13 Young Pakistanis Make it to the Forbes 30 Under 30

Thirteen young Pakistanis have made it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list this year.
The list includes startup founders and young innovators like Hamza Jawaid, Saad Jangda, Muhammad Owais Qureshi, Zohaib Ali, Iman Jamall, Hasib Malik, Yaseen Khalid, M. Saquib Malik, Nabeel Siddiqui, Misha Japanwala, Abdullah Siddiqui, Shayan Mahmud, and Hannia Zia.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 07:54pm

Markets

SECP achieves another milestone

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), in its pursuit of end-to-end digitisation of...

Published 14 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	158.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
India Sensex / Apr 26	73730.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17651.15
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8139.83
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18161.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 26	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2337.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	80.90
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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