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Livestock sector in Pakistan: Recent trends and progress
By Technology Times at September 18, 2012 | 4:51 pm | 0 Comment
Farhan Ali & Dr M Jassar Aftab LIVESTOCK SECTOR occupies a unique position in the socio-economic development of Pakistan. It also plays an important role in the rural economy as supplementing family incomes and generating gainful employment in the rural population, particularly among the landless labourers, small and marginal farmers and women. About 30-35 million more...
Technology transfer – an approach for national progress
By Technology Times at September 10, 2012 | 5:50 pm | 0 Comment
By Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig THE RAPID expansion of science and technology started about 300 years ago in the 17th century. Since then science has built up an extensive body of knowledge about the world and about the history of man, the earth, the solar system and the universe. Science and technology are crucial to the development prospects of developing countries in two more...
PTCL makes progress with awarding shining staff
By Technology Times at July 30, 2012 | 8:42 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: PTCL President & CEO, Walid Irshaid, has said that despite prevailing economic challenges the company has secured unprecedented growth this year due to employees’ persistent hard work and initiative. “My heartiest congratulations to all employees of PTCL who are key players in what we are doing through this company today,” said Irshaid while more...
S&T talent, money alone cannot steer Pakistan to progress: Dr. Riazuddin
By Technology Times at July 23, 2012 | 2:18 pm | 1 Comments
Dr. Riazuddin is an eminent scientist specializing in high-energy physics & nuclear physics. He established a first rate Institute of Physics (now called the Department of Physics) at the University of Islamabad (now called Quaid-i-Azam University), which within a short span of four years was on the international map. He is one of the pioneers of Pakistan's atomic more...
Research culture pillar to progress
By Technology Times at July 10, 2012 | 12:45 am | 0 Comment
Dr. Muhammad Abbas Choudhary, currently the Vice Chancellor of UET Taxila, holds both Master's and Doctorate degrees from the George Washington University, USA, and over 28 years of high level national and international experience in engineering profession working on high profile projects. He taught at GWU and provided professional services to UNYSIS Corporation, more...
Promoting innovations key to science & tech progress
By Technology Times at June 23, 2012 | 5:35 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: Pakistan is standing at a critical stage of its history where it desperately needs not only the culture of innovations especially in science and technology but also talented brains in this sector as it would guarantee a strong and stable country. Research and development institutes must take lessons from the contemporary world and accordingly plan their more...
Wateen case study of progress
By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 12:51 pm | 1 Comments
The Challenge For any organization, advertising represents the face of the company, its story and its communication with consumers. For a new organization, consumers do not have a perception about what the company represents and, therefore, do not have any brand equity. The challenge for Wateen was quite different when it was gearing for a re-launch in 2011. The company more...
Progress sans women out of question: Usman Sheikh
By Technology Times at May 29, 2012 | 1:07 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_16503" align="alignright" width="113" caption="Usman A. Sheikh"][/caption] INFORMATION AND knowledge are now synonymous with technology and communication. The hunger for information has given birth to a multibillion dollar ICT industry which has revolutionized the day to day life. The ICT industry is playing a pivotal role by providing the more...
Science & Technology the only ladder to national progress
By Technology Times at April 21, 2012 | 3:54 pm | 0 Comment
What do you think is the factor behind our backwardness in the country? Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman: The first thing to understand is that we live in a knowledge driven world. The nations which have realized this have invested in strengthening their human resource through education and have made rapid progress. There are four pillars of progress in the modern era, education, more...
Wrong perception halting progress of solar panels
By Technology Times at April 14, 2012 | 2:59 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Wrong perception about the unreliability of technology is halting the progress of solar panels in Pakistan that needs to be removed in order to promote the solar energy option. “The general public are led to believe that the technology runs the risk of developing faults,” said Shaaf Mehboob, Director of Green Center, told this scribe. He said that more...
Progress in Pakistan doable only through ICTs
By Technology Times at March 3, 2012 | 4:19 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The adoption of ICT technologies into development process and governance can dramatically bridge the widening development gap on a fast track pace. However, the country has failed to turn the opportunity of exceptional technological advancement into socio-economic development in the society. “Pakistan has a huge potential and can still take advantage more...
