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Efforts on to develop IDN ccTLDO
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 1:45 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Ministry of IT has been actively working on the development of IDN ccTLD (Internationalized Domain Names) (country code Top-Level Domain). ICANN has approved the application for “???????.” and the delegation process, which includes specification of ccTLD structure and policies is under way. Formation of the registry will enable all Pakistanis to more...
Sri Lankan, Iranian delegates briefed on PSF activities
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 1:43 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Sri Lankan and Iranian delegations paid a visit to Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) head offices separately during their recent visits to Pakistan to participate in the 2nd Commission meeting of COMSATS. The Sri Lankan delegation comprised Sri Lankan Senior Minister for Scientific Affairs Prof. Tissa Vifrana, Sri Lanka Science Foundation Chairperson more...
DCIM software ups planning, downs operational costs
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 1:27 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, has published a new White Paper on ‘How Data Centre Management (DCIM) Software Improves Planning and Cuts Operational Costs’. The document demonstrates the ability of data centres to help businesses respond more quickly to changing market demands and mark a more...
PTCL launches tree plantation campaign
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 1:25 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: PTCL, the country’s largest and only integrated telecom service provider, has recently commemorated the international Earth Day by kicking off a tree plantation campaign at its headquarters in Islamabad. The company officials and employees attended the ceremony while Senior Executive Vice President HR, Syed Mazhar Hussain launched the tree plantation more...
IT ministry, PTA served notices on URL blocking system
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 1:23 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Sindh High Court has issued notices to the Ministry of Information Technology and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on a petition challenging the censorship and blockade of websites and online forums containing political views. The petition has been filed by Ayesha Tammy Haq and others, with a plea that the respondents were illegally blocking more...
3G can generate $5 billion more revenue
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 1:21 pm | 4 Comments
STAFF REPORT KHI: Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen, has said that for launching the 3G technology Pakistan is facing regulatory, technology and economic challenges. Our market driving factors are high speed integrated and interactive services for which our cellular network is merging towards the 3G and Core and access networks towards IP and NGN Platforms. He expressed more...
TPI a new initiative at LUMS
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 1:18 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Technology for People (TPI) is a new initiative at LUMS, funded by Google Inc. and is dedicated to using technology to create solutions relevant to the socio-economic context of Pakistan, and will focus on leveraging technology in the domains of public policy and governance. “The initiative is multi-disciplinary in nature, will bring together more...
Experts for using agri waste to generate power
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 1:12 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT RWP: In order to overcome the energy crisis, the government needs to utilise the agricultural waste to produce bio-ethanol and bio-diesel by installing the plants for the purpose. The experts put forward the suggestions during a recently concluded three-day International Bio-energy Conference organised by Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University more...
Pakistan to get 400 solar-powered well pumps
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 1:08 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: PTCL, the country’s largest and only integrated telecom service provider, has recently commemorated the international Earth Day by kicking off a tree plantation campaign at its headquarters in Islamabad. The company officials and employees attended the ceremony while Senior Executive Vice President HR, Syed Mazhar Hussain launched the tree plantation more...
PTCL holds painting extravaganza on energy conservation
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 1:06 pm | 0 Comment
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) held a painting exhibition on the theme of “Energy Conservation for Future Generations” for its employees and their families as part of its employee engagement drive. Held at the PTCL Headquarters, the colorful exhibition was inaugurated by PTCL President & CEO, Mr. Walid Irshaid. Senior Executive Vice President more...
Federal Minister Jamali calls for stronger S&T cooperation with Kuwait
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 12:59 pm | 0 Comment
KUWAIT: Federal Minister for Science & Technology Mir Changez Khan Jamali along with Chairman Pakistan Science Foundation Prof. Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro and members of a business delegation, in a meeting with Iftekhar Aziz, Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait, in a group photo at the Kuwait airport while on his way to more...
4th Oil & Gas Forum to be held in Islamabad
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 12:54 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The 4th Pakistan Oil & Gas Forum 2012 organized annually by Shamrock Conferences International will be held on May 12 at the Serena Hotel here. The theme of this year’s premier oil & gas meeting is “Energy to Drive Pakistan and Resources to Fuel Growth”. Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources, Dr. Asim Hussain, is scheduled to more...
PARC on track to get food security target
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 12:48 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Agricultural research is the key factor for achieving food security, and PARC is focusing on emerging issues for advancement of agriculture sector. “PARC would be taking care of germplasm availability, distribution and testing, rusty initiatives, global interactions, improve national wheat research system and coordination with provincial research more...
Sindh plans modern farm demo zone
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 12:34 pm | 0 Comment
Staff Report IBD: The Sindh government plans to set up an Agriculture Demonstration Zone at Tandojam with an aim to introducing local farmers with new agriculture techniques. “The introduction of new system, in collaboration with China, would result in improvement of their current cultivation pattern and marketing system of their produce,” an official of the more...
Pakistan set to have revised IPR laws
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 12:28 pm | 0 Comment
Staff Report IBD: The Federal Cabinet is expected to accord approval of Intellectual Property Right Ordinance 2012 soon to provide legal infrastructure for enforcement of IPR law and protection for the local and foreign investors in the country. The Chairman IPO said that IPO also intends to amend the Copy Right and Patent Laws so as to make violation of these law a more...
Gas shortage badly affects Engro fertilizer
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 12:27 pm | 0 Comment
Staff Report IBD: Engro Fertilizer followed its peers and switched to a loss making regime amid a significant decline in gas supply during the first three months of the current calendar year. The local conglomerate posted a net loss of Rs1.4 billion against a net profit of Rs1.4 billion during January to March 2012, according to details released on its official more...
TIP gives clean chit to Punjab laptop scheme
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 12:23 pm | 0 Comment
Staff Report LAHORE: The Transparency International-Pakistan (TIP) has given a clean chit to the Punjab government in the procurement of 110,000 laptops being distributed among talented students of the province. In a letter dated April 18, the TIP said that based on the elaborate clarification given by the Planning & Development (P&D) Board/ex-officio project more...
Aussie citrus varieties for Pak growers
By admin at April 30, 2012 | 12:18 pm | 0 Comment
Staff Report IBD: Australian citrus growers are expected to learn about the potential impacts of climate change by growing some of their newest varieties in Pakistan's extreme weather conditions. Pakistan's main growing season has temperatures over 40 degrees for three months, without much reliable irrigation. A group of industry representatives from Pakistan are more...
Pakistan seeks Comsats members’ cooperation for S&T boost
By admin at April 23, 2012 | 1:25 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Pakistan has called upon the Comsats countries to make meaningful investments in science and technology-led education and human resource development in order to achieve a prosperous future for their nations. “It goes without saying that our nations’ prosperous future is tied to meaningful investments in science and technology-led education and human more...
PSF, PMNH conduct workshop on designing ecological studies
By admin at April 23, 2012 | 1:24 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: In order to build capacity of the participants in designing ecological studies and analysis of simple to complex ecological data and develop different statistical models, the Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH) and Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) has organized a workshop in collaboration with the Department of Animal Sciences, QAU, and Snow more...
Book on ‘Emerging trends and Apps in ICTs’ launched
By admin at April 23, 2012 | 1:22 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: Sharmila Faruqui, Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister, has said that IMTIC 2012 has brought together a wide spectrum of international experts to facilitate a creative environment for the promotion of collaboration and knowledge transfer. She said this while addressing the recently held book launching ceremony of “Emerging Trends and Applications in more...
Scientists find some Himalayan glaciers growing
By admin at April 23, 2012 | 1:21 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Astronauts aboard the International Space Station has recently taken advantage of their unique vantage point to photograph the Himalayas, looking south from over the Tibetan Plateau. Mt. Everest (29,035 feet) is at right. A new study reveals that some Himalayan glaciers in the Karakoram mountain range may actually be getting bigger, according to a study more...
KU VC greets Dr Khalid for Sitara-i-Imtiaz
By admin at April 23, 2012 | 1:16 pm | 1 Comments
STAFF REPORT KHI: Karachi University (KU) Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Qaisr has congratulated Prof. Dr. Khalid M. Khan for receiving Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the national award, from the President of Pakistan in recognition of his research work in the field of medicinal and synthetic organic chemistry. Dr. Khalid M. Khan is working as a professor at the HEJ Research more...
Telenor starts mobile services for farmers
By admin at April 23, 2012 | 1:12 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Telenor Pakistan has partnered with the Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa to provide agriculture and livestock information on mobile to farmers in the province. In addition, farmers are also open to use the Easypaisa platform to trade in agricultural commodities. Information will be provided via push SMS, voice recordings and small community more...
FAST wins Business Ideas Contest 2012
By admin at April 23, 2012 | 1:10 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The third edition of Business Ideas Competition 2012 (BIC 2012) has recently been organized by the Best Practices – FAST Business Club, at the FAST School of Management, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Lahore. This 2-day event witnessed participation of more than 30 teams from all over the country, where participants presented more...
