$250m fund for Punjab farm productivity project
STAFF REPORT LHR: The International Development Association (IDA) will provide $250 million for the Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Improvement Programme Project Phase-I, while local beneficiaries would bear $173.5 million.According to…
Prize to a lucky winner of Tombola Night
Mobilink Infinity which is Broadband and Carrier Division of Mobilink GSM arranged Tombola Nights for their corporate clients in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. The series of events provided the industry…
Panelists project environ issues
STAFF REPORT IBD: Pakistan needs to address environmental issues seriously as this critical issue is contributing towards degrading environment in the country, a panel experts highlighted remarked during a discussion…
Wetl and s need to be revived
STAFF REPORT KHI: Due to lack of freshwater flow and dumping of untreated effluents, 12 out of the 42 natural wetlands in Sindh have completely dried up while the rest…
NBP names IT centre after Arfa Karim
STAFF REPORT KHI: President and CEO NBP, Qamar Hussain, has recently inaugurated and dedicated the Regional IT Centre Lahore to Arfa Karim, the world’s youngest Microsoft professional. Arfa was awarded…
Pak youth sets record in DFS
STAFF REPORT DIK: A 14-year-old youth, Babar Iqbal, who has already set four world records in the field of computer science, has now set a new record, publishing his first…
Sales tax on tractors slashed
STAFF REPORT IBD: The federal government has notified the reduction in sales tax on tractors from 16 per cent to 5 per cent with immediate effect.The sales tax will be…
KESC plans to develop major biogas project
STAFF REPORT KHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is planning to develop one of the world’s largest Bio Waste to Energy Project of its kind near the Landhi cattle…
Pakistan on way to boosting halal food
STAFF REPORT IBD: The government of Pakistan has decided to set up a Board for Halal Food Accreditation in order to boost its exports and attract foreign investments in the…
Another Pak boy makes history in ICT
STAFF REPORT IBD: After Arfa Karim and Babar Iqbal now another Pakistani wonder boy has bent description after making Microsoft and Google certified seven computer operating systems in suburb of…
Punjab gets Google street view mapping service
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Google Street View, a notable mapping service from Google, is going to capture special locations and cultural sites in the province to let internet users to…
Wi-tribe launches buy and sell software portal
STAFF REPORT IBD: Wi-tribe has announced the beta launch of wi-tribe Bazaar - Pakistan’s first Buy and Sell software portal - as a platform where Pakistani software developers can sell…