Seven-year-old Zainab’s rape and murder has remained in the limelight ever since images of the child’s body abandoned in a heap of trash started circulating on social media earlier this year. What led the police to the suspect, identified as Imran Ali, …Continue reading
Pakistan’s First-Ever ICTD Conference Explores Solutions to Pressing Development Needs
More than 200 researchers and academics from leading universities across the globe attended the 9th edition of the Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD) 2017 in Lahore from November 16 to 19. The international conference was held in Pakistan for the …Continue reading
Technology Festival ‘The MIX’ to Open on November 11
A two-day festival, titled The MIX, will be held at Alhamra Cultural Arts Complex in Gaddafi Stadium between November 11 and November 12. Organised by the Punjab Information Technology Board, the festival hopes to engage the public on technology and its far-reaching …Continue reading
Venture Capital Fund to Be Launched With Help From Austin-Based Firm
The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) with support from 1839 Ventures, an Austin-based venture capital fund, has announced the establishment of a Punjab Technology Fund for technology-based startups in Pakistan. The announcement was made earlier in the week by the venture capital …Continue reading
ICTD 2017 Conference to Be Held in Lahore, Pakistan
Information Technology University (ITU) is hosting the 9th International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) 2017 from 16th to 19th November this year. The four-day conference will be held at Avari Hotel in Lahore. ICTD is the world’s premier …Continue reading
Applications Open For 4th Cycle Of Herself
Applications for the Punjab Information Technology Board’s women empowerment initiative Herself will open for its fourth cycle in October. The PITB has previously conducted three cycles of the programme and 120 women have graduated from it. Those accepted in the Herself programme …Continue reading
Startups to showcase products at Plan9’s Launchpad
Plan9’s Launchpad will be held at Arfa Software Technology Park in Lahore between July 19 and July 23. The five-day event, organized by the technology incubator of the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), will consist of talks, workshops and a competition where …Continue reading
Convention for Women Entrepreneurs on July 8
The Herself Women Convention (HWC), a collaboration between the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and Facebook, is set to be held on Saturday, July 8 at Arfa Software Technology Park. The event will feature panel discussions with prominent figures in the Pakistani …Continue reading
The Role of Technology in Justice Delivery
In his paper titled “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”, Anwar (Andy) N. Khan, a professor emeritus of Legal Studies at Canada’s Athabasca University, states that backlog of cases at various courts in India stood at a whopping 30 million in 2015. Timely …Continue reading
Smart Cop on the Beat
Dr. Haider Ashraf is the deputy inspector general (DIG) operations, Lahore. He also serves as a commander of the Punjab Police’s Integrated Command, Control and Communication (PPIC3) system recently established under the Punjab Safe Cities Authority. He is credited with pioneering technological …Continue reading