Pakistan Related Topics 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 26, 2013
(Against the Grain), the first feature film by director Iram Parveen Bilal, is set in modern-day Pakistan. Although the movie touches on many social justice issues, Iram made it clear that she didn't want to make another documentary about Pakistan. She succeeds in showing us, rather than telling, something true and challenging.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 20, 2014
Any ‘boom’ you hear in relation to a country like Pakistan is more likely literal than figurative. Most news about Pakistan is negative – detailing bombings, targeted killings and political instability. Kalsoom Lakhani is the Founder/CEO of Invest2Innovate, or i2i, which supports startups in new and untapped markets.
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.”
The Verge
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Pakistan’s telecom regulator has banned TikTok , claiming the app failed to remove “immoral” and “indecent” content. The ban comes just over a month after the regulator, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, banned dating apps , including Tinder and Grindr, for the same reason. The firm estimates TikTok has been installed 2.2
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 27, 2012
We are working very closely with Dr. Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. On the first day, we all sang “ Dil Dil Pakistan ,” a well-loved song that most people from Pakistan know.
TechSpot
AUGUST 24, 2022
Pakistan's Collectorate of Customs announced new plans for its taxes on imported PC graphics cards last week. Instead of valuing cards individually, Pakistan will value every GPU based solely on its VRAM capacity. The decision is supposed to counter importers who devalue GPUs to sidestep customs and taxes.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2021
Two years ago, a group of entrepreneurs in Pakistan began surveying the market to understand why financial services weren’t reaching the majority of merchants in the world’s fifth most populous nation. This is the New York-headquartered firm’s first investment in Pakistan. In Pakistan, there is a huge whitespace in payments.
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