Data-driven decisions
Data-driven decision-making has increasingly gained more value over the past years, primarily because of the proliferation of ICT-based technologies and services, which has make it convenient to collect large and…
Tomorrow’s revolution
Our leaders need to realise that we have approached the 4th industrial revolution and our democratic system of governance should be reformed accordingly, so that we can prepare the nation…
Globalisation must go global
Oneweb.world is working to create a constellation of 648 satellites to boost global internet connectivity for education, creativity, emergency relief and equality. ‘Google station’, Facebook, smart gizmos, cloud computing, MOOC,…
Is PM Sharif really pro-normalisation?
The hullabaloo over the readout of the phone call between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President-elect Donald Trump seems to have died out. It has been replaced with the hullabaloo…
Reaping the IT fruits
On August 10, 2015, an article appeared in ‘The New York Times’ about the remarkable progress that Pakistan had made in the information technology sector in the last 16 years.…
Internet will ‘disappear’, Google boss tells Davos
Google boss Eric Schmidt predicted on Thursday that the Internet will soon be so pervasive in every facet of our lives that it will effectively "disappear" into the background. Speaking…
eGovernment: SECP’s eServices greatly help business entities
During most part of the last decade, the SECP enjoyed a very good reputation for innovative and productive use of information technology at national and international levels. The untiring efforts…
Young Cuban-American groups emerge as Obama allies
For a handful of Cuban-Americans, President Barack Obama's new Cuba policy wasn't much of a shocker. For months, they quietly advised the White House in hopes of shaping a new…
WEF: some forum it is!
Every year plutocrats get together at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos to review the developing economic trends and explain how financial markets, trade, employment, governance and environmental pollution…
A new era for our ICTs
I recently addressed an audience of history-makers and industry associates ready to have this nation embark on a journey into the future. The occasion was not only the launch of…
