Pakistani IT firm ‘on top of the world’ in Blackberry Apps

Photo editing software developed by a Pakistan technology firm Five Rivers became the best selling paid-for application for the Blackberry, the firm said Wednesday. Lahore-based Five Rivers said its Photo Editor Suite had hit the top spot across all...

Facebook’s Zuckerberg starts China visit

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has started his visit to China with a tour of the offices of the country’s top search engine, while his own social networking site remains blocked on the mainland.

China to transfer solar power technology

A project to generate 2,300MW of electricity through wind turbines and solar panels has turned out to be the most important agreement reached with China during the recent visit of Premier Wen Jiabao, says Board of Investment (BoI) chairman Saleem H. Mandviwala.

Govt changes its finance team again

In a major reshuffle in its economic team, the government removed on Monday Finance Secretary Salman Siddique and Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Sohail Ahmed in the midst of an imbroglio over the reformed general sales tax.