PIA to ‘recruit’ engineers, technicians on daily wages
- 28-Jan-2025
KARACHI: Amid resignation of engineers and technicians from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the administration of the national flag carrier has decided to fill the vacant positions on daily wages, ARY News reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Recently, as many as 110 engineers and technicians left Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) amid the government’s move to privatise […]
Govt announces 20,000 paid internships for engineers
- 24-Dec-2022
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to launch an internship program with Rs40,000 monthly stipend for 20000 engineers across the country. This was announced by the Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal while addressing the 56th annual general meeting of Institution of Engineers Pakistan in Lahore on Saturday. “We have decided to promote […]
Steps being taken to give due status to engineers: Shafqat Mahmood
- 07-Dec-2019
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood has said that steps are being taken to give due status to the engineers in the country.
Punjab govt raises technical allowance of engineers
- 01-Jun-2019
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Saturday announced that technical allowance equivalent to 1.5 times of the basic salary will be given to engineers working in the specific departments.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff confers civil awards to eminent scientists
- 26-Mar-2019
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, on the behalf of the president, conferred civil awards to the eminent scientists and engineers working in Pakistan's strategic institutions, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Seven Indian engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan
- 06-May-2018
KABUL: Seven Indian engineers and an Afghan national working for a power plant in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan were kidnapped on Sunday, officials said. Zabihullah Shuja, spokesman for Baghlan police, said the engineers were traveling to a government-run power station in a minibus when unknown gunmen abducted them and their Afghan driver. Two officials […]
Japan’s cryptocurrency exchanges face shortage of engineers
- 07-Apr-2018
TOKYO: When cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc explained how hackers made off with $530 million in digital money, it said part of the problem was beyond its control: Japan’s lack of software engineers. Coincheck said that no matter how hard it tried, it simply couldn’t hire workers with the skills to seal gaps in security. “We […]
95% engineers in India unfit for software development jobs: study
- 21-Apr-2017
NEW DELHI: A latest survey by an Indian firm that assesses employability evaluation has said in its report that talent shortage is acute in the Information Technology and data sciences ecosystem with 95% of engineers are not fit to do software development jobs in the country. According to a study by employability assessment company Aspiring Minds, only 4.77% […]
Scientists, engineers made Pakistan’s defence formidable: Army chief
- 13-Feb-2017
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday said scientists and engineers have made Pakistan’s defence formidable, ARY News reported. This he said while visiting Strategic Plans Division today. He was received by Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General Mazher Jamil and was given detailed briefing regarding various facets of […]
Ugandan engineers invent ‘smart jacket’ to diagnose pneumonia
- 23-Jan-2017
KAMPALA, Uganda: A team of Ugandan engineers has invented a “smart jacket” that diagnoses pneumonia faster than a doctor, offering hope against a disease which kills more children worldwide than any other. The idea came to Olivia Koburongo, 26, after her grandmother fell ill, and was moved from hospital to hospital before being properly diagnosed […]