ISLAMABAD – Pakistani students have emerged as the champions of the Huawei ICT Competition Middle East 2020, winning the top two spots.
The team of three Pakistani students, Kalim Ullah (MS IT SEECS-NUST), Maria Aftab (MS IT, SEECS-NUST) and Asadullah (Mehran University of Engg. & Technology, Jamshoro), won first place in the competition in the Middle East category of the tech contest and qualified for the final global competition.
Huawei congratulated the Pakistani team in a tweet.
Congratulations to #Pakistan Team 1 for winning the first prize at the #Huawei #ICT Competition Middle East 2020 finals. #ICTCompetition20 pic.twitter.com/RAFcP1vk2l
— Huawei Middle East (@Huawei_ME) December 28, 2020
More than 15,000 students and 440 universities from all over the world participated in the event held virtually this year.
The final leg included 13 teams from 27 universities in which Pakistan team emerged victorious, winning prizes that include US$20,000 prize money, Huawei MateBook laptops, smartphones and also a chance to join Huawei Pakistan.
Thousands of students from Pakistan applied for the highly competitive tech contest but Huawei selected the top 500. “The list was further narrowed down to 150 students” who were offered free training and virtual classes during the preliminary round.
Finally, the best 30 students from Pakistan were finalised for the final national round and shortlisted the top 6 for the Huawei ICT Middle East competition, Asadullah explained, adding that “we were among the six lucky Pakistanis selected for the regional contest.”
Congratulations to #Pakistan Team 2 & #Iraq teams for winning the second prize at the #Huawei #ICT Competition Middle East 2020 finals. #ICTCompetition20 pic.twitter.com/gZN85ehrRD
— Huawei Middle East (@Huawei_ME) December 28, 2020
Pakistan’s second team which won the second prize consists of a student Fawad Hassan (Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management sciences), Umair Imran (University of Central Punjab), Saqib Hussain (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology), and Hafizullah Kakar (Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management sciences).
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KARACHI - Following are the foreign currency exchange rates for US Dollar, Saudi Riyal, UK Pound Sterling, U.A.E. Dirham, European Euro, and other foreign currencies in Pakistan open market on February 02, 2023 (Thursday).
Source: Forex Association of Pakistan. (last update 09:00 AM)
Currency | Symbol | Buying | Selling |
US Dollar | USD | 271.1 | 271.6 |
Euro | EUR | 298.27 | 298.87 |
UK Pound Sterling | GBP | 335.5 | 336.2 |
U.A.E Dirham | AED | 73.03 | 73.33 |
Saudi Riyal | SAR | 71.49 | 71.80 |
Australian Dollar | AUD | 188.9 | 191.3 |
Bahrain Dinar | BHD | 712.73 | 720.73 |
Canadian Dollar | CAD | 200.95 | 203.15 |
China Yuan | CNY | 39.67 | 40.07 |
Danish Krone | DKK | 39.11 | 39.51 |
Hong Kong Dollar | HKD | 34.19 | 34.54 |
Indian Rupee | INR | 3.28 | 3.39 |
Japanese Yen | JPY | 2.5 | 2.54 |
Kuwaiti Dinar | KWD | 877.76 | 886.76 |
Malaysian Ringgit | MYR | 62.83 | 63.43 |
New Zealand Dollar | NZD | 173.25 | 175.25 |
Norwegians Krone | NOK | 26.76 | 27.09 |
Omani Riyal | OMR | 696.08 | 704.08 |
Qatari Riyal | QAR | 73.62 | 74.32 |
Singapore Dollar | SGD | 204 | 206 |
Swedish Korona | SEK | 25.61 | 25.91 |
Swiss Franc | CHF | 291.69 | 294.19 |
Thai Bhat | THB | 8.15 | 8.3 |
KARACHI – The price of a single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is Rs207,100 on Thursday. The price of 10 grams of 24k gold was recorded at Rs175,670.
Likewise, 10 grams of 22k gold were being traded for Rs164,500 while a single tola of 22-karat gold was being sold at Rs 179,100.
Note: The gold rate in Pakistan is fluctuating according to the international market so the price is never been fixed. The below rates are provided by local gold markets and Sarafa Markets of different cities.
City | Gold | Silver |
Lahore | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Karachi | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Islamabad | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Peshawar | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Quetta | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Sialkot | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Attock | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Gujranwala | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Jehlum | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Multan | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Bahawalpur | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Gujrat | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Nawabshah | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Chakwal | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Hyderabad | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Nowshehra | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Sargodha | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Faisalabad | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
Mirpur | PKR 207,100 | PKR 2,420 |
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