Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Students should be equipped with higher engineering education according to modern requirements: Engr Ashfaq Shah

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Constructors Association of Pakistan (CAP) and Candidate for Chairman PEC Engr Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah met with a delegation of academia and Engineers from AIOU. The delegation was headed by Dr. AK Tipu and included Prof Dr Abid, Prof Dr Nadeem, Prof Dr Syed Athar, Prof Dr Adnan and others. Chairman Ashfaq Shah … Read more

Senior engineering students create a ball launcher and a painting equipment for cerebral palsy kids.

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Her eyes squint to focus, her mouth softens into a smile, and her fingers press down on the controller, launching a baseball into the air. Emerson Allen, 14, had patiently awaited this day for the previous year, when she would finally be able to play ball alongside her peers. Allen, a Baton Rouge native, was … Read more

Three students granted bail after arrested for celebrating Pakistan win

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Three students, who were arrested for celebrating Pakistan’s 10-wicket victory over India in the ICC T20 World Cup, were granted bail by an Indian court. The students arrested were from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in October last year. However, their lawyer revealed the latest development in the case. The three students named Arsheed … Read more

Power portfolio

Thal Limited

Thal Limited was incorporated on January 31, 1966 as a public company limited by shares under the Companies Act, 1913 (now the Companies Act, 2017). The company is engaged in the manufacturing of jute goods, engineering goods, papersack and laminate sheets. The company’s engineering segment is comprised of the thermal and engine components business and … Read more

Octopus Digital get a contract of $1 million

Octopus

KARACHI: Octopus Digital, a digital arm of the Avanceon Group of Companies’, will set up and maintain the industrial data centre infrastructure for one of the largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) corporations in Pakistan, a bourse filing said. This contract execution gives a pathway for positive impact on the group’s business and value for its shareholders, it … Read more

NASA announces 10 latest astronaut trainees

NASA announces 10 latest astronaut trainees

HOUSTON, Dec 6, 2021 (AFP) – NASA announced Monday its 10 latest trainee astronauts, who include a firefighter turned Harvard professor, a former member of the national cycle team, and a pilot who led the first-ever all-woman F-22 formation in combat. The 2021 class was whittled down from a field of more than 12,000 applicants and … Read more

Elon Musk’s baby X A-XII joins the presentation on video call

Elon Musk's baby X A-XII joins the presentation on video call win hearts

Since his birth, Elon Musk’s youngest kid, X A-XII, has ruled the internet, first for his unusual name, then for his cheerful attitude. He just joined his father in a virtual business presentation, and internet users can’t get enough of him. While presenting an update on Starship at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and … Read more

Dubai-based cloud kitchen invests in five virtual restaurant groups in GCC

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RIYADH: Kitopi, the world’s leading managed cloud kitchen platform, has invested in multiple regional food and beverage groups as part of its next phase of growth, according to a company statement. The Dubai-based company has begun initial investments in Cloud Restaurants (famous for Go! Greek and Go! Healthy), Leap Nation (famous for Tawook Nation and … Read more

India’s only Muslim player Shami faces ‘online abuse’ after Pakistan defeat

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NEW DELHI: A torrent of social media abuse was aimed at India’s only Muslim player, the bowler Mohammed Shami, after his side were thrashed by arch-rivals Pakistan at the cricket T20 World Cup. Violence against Muslims in India was also reported after the emphatic 10-wicket win on Sunday, Pakistan’s first against India at any World … Read more

President Alvi calls for proactive steps to promote IT sector

President Alvi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday called for taking proactive measures to develop the information technology (IT) sector and to ensure economic and scientific development of the country. He said that globally, the focus of development policies was shifting from brick-and-mortar development projects to the intellectual development of human resources and Pakistan needed to … Read more

The balance of trade between the 2 countries is heavily in favour of China

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Chinese efforts to bring mutual trade to a win-win situation would be a great favour to the economy of Pakistan. Chinese entrepreneurs should help Pakistani exporters to show their full presence in the Chinese markets. These views were expressed by the LCCI Vice President Mian Zahid Jawaid Ahmad while addressing to a 24-member Chinese delegation … Read more