Tech and Telecom

Easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading digital payments platform, has once again established itself as one of the country’s biggest brands by bagging seven accolades at the prestigious Effie Awards 2021. Easypaisa won 4 gold awards for its ‘Eidipaisa’ campaign in the categories of Seasonal Marketing, Topical Marketing, Marketing Disruptors and Finance categories, a gold, and silver award in the Finance category for its ‘Every Number is Welcome’ and the ‘Phatta Note’ campaign respectively, as well as a bronze award for the ‘Easypaisa Raahi’ series in the Marketing Disruptors category. Effie Awards are an affiliate program of the renowned Effie Worldwide, a platform…

Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting to review progress on providing quality health services to the citizens through Health Cards. ALSO READ FBR Takes Steps For Ease Of Doing Business and Taxpayers Facilitation The meeting was given a detailed briefing on the provision of health cards in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the number of beneficiaries and the expenditure incurred on this program so far and the resulting relief to the people. The meeting was informed that through the Health Facility Card Program in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, millions of people have benefited. 210,200 patients were admitted in various public and private…

The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), which is the collective body of the top 200 foreign investors in Pakistan, has released the results of its latest Annual Security survey 2021, covering feedback on the security environment in the commercial centers of Pakistan. The survey was conducted from 21 May to 21 June, and about two-thirds of the OICCI members have their head offices in Karachi with operations all over the country. According to the 2021 OICCI Survey, the overall security environment has improved more as compared to the security situation in mid-2020, especially in Lahore (according to 61…

Sony has updated its ZV lineup of digital cameras once again. One of the highlights of the new ZV E10 is that you now have an interchangeable lens camera. The ZV E10 is essentially a watered-down version of the Alpha 6400 with a few features missing but it adds more vlogging-centric features instead. This camera uses the same 24.2MP APS-C sensor seen on Sony’s Alpha series cameras. It is capable of recording 4K videos at 30 FPS at a wide dynamic range with its S-Log2, S-Log3, and HLG profiles. The flip-up display from the a6400 has been replaced with a…

A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Maritime Affairs was held under the chairpersonship of Senator Rubina Khalid. At the onset of the meeting, Senator Khalid and Senator Nuzhat Sadiq took up the matter of the cargo ship that had run aground on the beach in Karachi after it had lost its anchors due to rough weather. Senator Khalid asked the Secretary of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs about the actions that have been taken by the authorities in this regard. ALSO READ Balochistan Govt Identifies 7 Sites for Tourist Resorts in Gwadar The Secretary of the Ministry of…

HBL has launched WhatsApp Banking for its customers, enabling them to avail select banking services through the platform. The service is powered by E Ocean, a leading Cloud Communications provider. HBL WhatsApp Banking solution facilitates one-to-one conversations with customers seamlessly, and responds to queries in real time in a secure way. Customers can simply send a message via WhatsApp to the HBL UAN number (021-111-111-425) and request for their account balance, acquire product information, inquire about Roshan Digital Account (RDA) Services, locate nearest ATMs and Branches and obtain responses to FAQs. Furthermore, RDA customers can also chat with live agents…

A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Power was held on Wednesday at Parliament House, Islamabad. ALSO READ Kamyab Pakistan Will Uplift 4.5 Million Underprivileged Households: Finance Minister The meeting commenced with an overview of all policies related to guidelines for setting up of IPPs. Secretary Power Division provided the Committees with details regarding policies formulated in 2002, 2006 and 2015. He informed the Committee that a subsidy reform proposal has been approved by the Cabinet and added that this will ensure the equitable distribution of power. It was asserted that line losses and non-recovery are one of the…

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Mr. Shaukat Tarin, chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee and Advisory Board of the Kamyab Pakistan Program (KPP) through a video-link. ALSO READ FBR Takes Steps For Ease Of Doing Business and Taxpayers Facilitation The meeting was held to fine-tune the modalities of the Kamyab Pakistan Programme (KPP) scheduled to be launched soon. The Finance Minister welcomed prominent participants from the private sector and commended their professional expertise in their respective fields. He thanked them for their valuable input/suggestions with reference to Kamyab Pakistan Program and reiterated to ensure successful implementation of KPP…

BDigital, a subsidiary of Blitz Advertising Pvt. Ltd. has successfully won 5 digital Awards at the Pakistan Digital Awards at Karachi, 17th of July 2021. With a consistent track record at PDA since 2019, winning comes naturally to team BDigital. What makes it more interesting this year is the number of awards the team bagged at the Pakistan Digital Awards 2021! With 5 glorious wins, BDigital won every award that would make its brands, partners, and team proud. Second year in a row winning the “Best Digital Campaign of the Year” award is a testament to the team’s ability to…

The Digital Pakistan Policy (DPP) 2021 is expected to be launched by the end of August 2021, envisaging providing the necessary elements to tab the digital global market, economic growth and citizen empowerment. This was stated by Member Information Technology (IT) of the Ministry Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Junaid Imam while addressing at a 2-day consultative meeting on Digital Pakistan Policy (DPP) 2021. ALSO READ FBR Takes Steps For Ease Of Doing Business and Taxpayers Facilitation Oxfam in Pakistan and Bargad, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MOITT), organized a consultative meeting on DPP 2021.…