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Prince Rahim Aga Khan inaugurates software technology park in Hunza

8Jun

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Prince Rahim Aga Khan inaugurates software technology park in Hunza

New facility will provide uninterrupted power supply, high-speed internet, co-working space for start-upsThrough a partnership between the Special Communications Organisation (SCO) and the Aga Khan Foundation, Pakistan (AKF-P), the new software technology park in Nasirabad, Hunza will support the sustainable development of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) by providing uninterrupted power supply, high-speed internet, and a co-working space for small and growing start-ups, freelancers, and chambers of commerce.The Nasirabad Software Technology Park will act as the central resource for a hub and spokes model linking other IT facilities in more remote areas of the region.This will enhance access to distance learning, entrepreneurship and career counselling, and digital skills development, whi...

Microsoft Copilot ‘Learn for Educators’ Launched at HEC

30May

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Microsoft Copilot ‘Learn for Educators’ Launched at HEC

𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀: 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan, Chairman, Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP) launched on Thursday the robust Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform, Microsoft Learn for Educators, a Microsoft Copilot for AI skilling, at the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan to enhance curriculum and train educator community.In this connection, a ceremony was held to celebrate the HEC-Microsoft Campus Connect Day 2024 at the HEC Secretariat. The ceremony, which also marked the launch of Microsoft for Startups – Founders Hub, to leverage the entrepreneurial ecosystem among students, was attended by Vice Chancellors, faculty members, students, and IT experts.Addressing the participants, the Chairman PMYP sa...

FLAG HOISTING CEREMONY ON PAKISTAN DAY IN PARIS

23Mar

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FLAG HOISTING CEREMONY ON PAKISTAN DAY IN PARIS

A flag-raising ceremony was held at the Pakistani Embassy in Paris to commemorate Pakistan Day. The event was attended by a large number of Pakistani communities, members of diplomatic corps, media representatives and embassy officials.Messages from the President, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs were read. Pakistani Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad welcomed the guests and thanked them for participating in the ceremony. In his speech, the ambassador said that on this day in 1940, Muslims made demands for a “separate state,” a separate homeland where they could live their lives according to their wishes. mine.He said March 23 was a landmark day in the history of Pakistan's movement. This is the day that honors the courageous struggle of our ancestors for a separate homeland...