Pakistani student scales Africa’s highest peak: The News
Tanzania-based 18-year old Pakistani student Alveena has brought laurels for the country by scaling Africa’s highest peak, 5895-metre Kilimanjaro. Alveena is the first Pakistani woman to climb this peak. She is the daughter of Pakistan High Commissioner in Tanzania Najeeb Durrani.
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HEC ranking of Pak varsities receives int’l recognition: Pakistan Today
The ranking exercise carried out by Higher Education Commission (HEC) has received worldwide attention and recognition and the web statistics of HEC website shows increased interest of academia and other stakeholders in recently published ranking results of the Pakistani universities.
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Faisalabad Mentioned as Best Mapped City on Google Maps: ProPakistani
Faisalabad has been mentioned as best (user-contributed) mapped city on Google Maps, thanks to millions of inputs from enthusiastic mappers from Pakistan.
Pakistan has been featured many times before as an example of user-contributed mapping, but Faisalabad has now been termed as best mapped city on earth.
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Pakistan Military Introduces Takhti 7, An Android Tablet: ProPakistani
After introducing PAC Pad1, PAC eBook1 and PAC nbook 1 PAC is now offering Takhti 7, an android tabled-computer. Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) said that it has partnered with INNAVTEK International to produce Takhti 7, a better form of PAC Pad1.
Takhti 7 is said to be a sister tablet of PAC Pad1, having enhanced hardware such as double RAM and better ARM Cortex-A8 processor packed with-in it. Takhti 7 boosts a 7 inch capacitative screen and improved battery time as well. The Takhti 7 uses Android Ice Cream Sandwich instead of Android Gingerbread used by the PAC Pad1.
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Pakistani chef spices up American cooking show : Dawn News
Fatima Ali, won an episode of Chopped, a reality cooking show on The Food Network in the United States.
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