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29/03/2023

The Work-for-Skills Internship Program ( ) under Ba-Ikhtiyar Naujawan Internship Program is now accepting applications! This program offers an excellent opportunity for fresh graduates and diploma holders to gain valuable work experience in their respective fields.

Selected candidates will be hired for a period of 6 months in both new and ongoing Public Sector Development Projects (PSDPs). They will be paid a monthly stipend of Rs. 25,000 while working on the project site/location or as required by the authority.
Eligibility criteria include a 16 years of education however, candidates from flood affected regions including Balochistan, rural Sindh, South Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s merged districts, the minimum required education is 14 years in any field or 2 years diploma in any technical field after matriculation from a recognized institution. Age limit is 30 years and domicile of the respective district is mandatory.

If you meet the eligibility criteria, don't miss out on this opportunity to gain hands-on experience in your field and boost your career prospects. Apply now for !

11/09/2021

𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗟𝗦𝗘𝗜-𝗜𝗜

HEC Pakistan in collaboration with Coursera is arranging the second open house webinar for students to inform them about the importance of Digital Learning & Skills Enrichment Initiative (DLSEI-II), main objective of the DLSEI project, and how you can enroll in the DLSEI project.

All those students who were not able to join the first webinar can join the second webinar on September 16, 2021.

Open House 2:
September 16, 2021 - 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm PKT

Link - https://coursera.zoom.us/j/94911418990

For more information please visit: https://www.facebook.com/DLSEI

To provide learners with MOOC's from the best universities from all over the world

19/03/2021

Do watch this candid discussion by world known acknowledged and well accomplished Pakistani scientist. Ms Ismat Gul Khattak, Director General Pakistan National Accreditation Council.

Life lessons for all ages , she is true depiction of WhyNot?

Be part of our community by joining our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtbehindthings In conversation with Ismat Gul Khattak, Director ...

03/02/2021

Early Preparation for Google Summer of Code Internship 2021
It is not everyday that you will get a chance to shine & show your talent to the world, while sitting at home just for 03 months in summer and fully paid upto 3000 $ (480,000 rupees almost) :O :O :O

Dear all Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2021 is about Open for application by Students on March 23 until April 13, 2021 (Bachelors, Masters, PhD current students can apply)

Now, we have ICODE GURU to help you for preparation of it. Do join them and request them to start a new session of GSoC. If you request in bulk. They will do start
Join them here
https://icodeguru.weebly.com/

Organizations are getting selected by March 10, 2021. So, when organizations get announced, you have to contact them even before Students application start.
If your idea is good enough, the organization will select you and you will be assigned a mentor and will work under that mentor for 03 months. On successful completion of it, you will awarded with stipend and certificate
So, prepare now and understand the system and work on Open source development using the previous ideas
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Do watch Mentor Tahir Ramzan lectures, who is two times Google Summer of Code winner from Pakistan here
Earlier introduction:
https://www.facebook.com/sorryyarr/videos/1950081548359664/
1st-week session:
https://www.facebook.com/sorryyarr/videos/2177625392271944/
2nd-week session:
https://www.facebook.com/sorryyarr/videos/2186425288058621/
3rd-week session:
https://www.facebook.com/sorryyarr/videos/2195789477122202/
4th-week session:
https://www.facebook.com/sorryyarr/videos/2205003419534141/
5th-week about Google Code-in 2019:
https://www.facebook.com/sorryyarr/videos/2214110391956777/
6th-week about Free and Open Source Software
https://www.facebook.com/sorryyarr/videos/2223508924350257/
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Do read this post by last year's Pakistani GSoC fellow
https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarships.pk/permalink/1835858876424662/
Website
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
Organizations & Their Ideas from previous years
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/
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Dear all Computer Science current students and graduates and nerdy programmers and gurus. This is your chance to shine in the world. Every year Google announces the summer of code program and Big Tech companies announce their open source projects on GSoC and programmers submit their proposals for those projects and if get accepted work on those projects for three months at home and get paid 3000 $ (477,075 rupees almost)
The main problem is that every year, we had just a very few Pakistanis get selected. From India, last year 605 students got selected for GSoC, and from Pakistan only 06 :O :O :O
I request you all to copy this message and bring it to your universities and prepare the teams from now.
The companies who will participate in GSoC 2021 will be announced soon, which includes Mozilla, OpenCV, Ruby on Rails, Eclipse and many others etc
a) See the 2020 GSoC companies. They will be almost same in this year's call
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/
b) Open their links and try to understand how the companies work as most probably the same companies and mentors will be in 2021 companies list on March 10, 2021
c) You can start to discuss ideas/proposals with mentors there.
d) Search for already selected Pakistanis for GSoC and connect them to us, we shall try to ask them to help you all using this platform
e) Students of Bachelors, Masters and PhD can apply for it.
f) Even software houses can go these projects, guiding students who will submit proposals on their behalf
g) Join icode guru https://icodeguru.weebly.com/ and learn with them on competing for GSoC
The organizations are big ones such as Github, Mozilla, OpenCV etc. So even getting into GSoC will put highest achievement in your degree
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I will also request organizations such as IEEE Pakistan and programming bodies in universities to prepare for it and lets increase the number of Pakistanis in GSoC from 03 to 1000 this year
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** For more understanding see Quora link below about GSoC
GSoC Resources
Who can apply: Pretty much anyone with a brain and heart of a programmer, must be a full or part time student, and 18 years or older.

You can submit up to five proposals/apply for maximum 5 projects. However, only one per student may be accepted. No more than one proposal per student will be accepted, no matter how many proposals you submit.

Location: This is a remote (work from home) internship. All development occurs online; there is no requirement to travel as part of the program.
Duration: Around 3 months
Stipend: $3000 for around 3 months of work.
Here is a link to the Google Summer of Code’s website.
https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/
Also go through these FAQs.
https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq
Also follow Google Summer of Code on Quora.
https://www.quora.com/Google-Summer-of-Code-GSoC
Last Year Projects of GSoC
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2020/projects/
Some stats from previous Google summer code : Here is a post on some interesting Google Summer of Code statistics
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/06/google-summer-of-code-2020-statistics.html
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/08/google-summer-of-code-2020-statistics.html
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/09/google-summer-of-code-2020-learning.html

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28/01/2021

LUMS research on Nayatel Quality story

Securing phenomenal success in its regional business, the leadership at Nayatel is contemplating expanding the business from a regional to national level withou...

23/01/2021

Calling out the Creative Community of Pakistan!

Here is your chance to Inspire, Collaborate and Educate. British Council and DEMO are looking for devoted, passionate, and inspiring community leaders from eight different categories to run DICE Creative Hubs.

If you run a small organisation, or working collectively on an idea that can solve the challenges of the creative communities in Pakistan, apply now and stand a chance to win a grant of PKR 1,070,000.

Learn more about the eligibility criteria, visit www.demo.org.pk/creativehubs

Deadline: Feb 11, 2021

14/01/2021

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2881694948820082

25/12/2020

Wishing Merry Christmas to all celebrating today

24/11/2020

An interesting webinar going on by Fariha Shah, GM Corporate Communications PTCL on how you can build and strengthen your professional network.

50+ participants joined in already

18/11/2020

WhyNot and PTCL are bringing an interactive webinar , where you can learn from best in industry on "Art of professional Networking" beacuse we believe that a good network is a critical asset in today's time.

Certificate of participation will be awarded to active participants.

Register for the free webinar at the following link. Registrations close on Sunday, 22nd November 2020.

https://lnkd.in/egGhHnk

Session on Tuesday 24 November 2020 , 3 - 4 pm.

This project is a series of webinars brought to you courtesy of PTCL's employee volunteer force; PTCL Razakaar.

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13/06/2019

from an anonymous post:

Topic: Become a Mohaly ki Maa

Few months back I was having a conversation with my father in law regarding the increase in Child Abuse. He said "Ab mohaly ki Maa Mar gyi hai" I did not get it so asked him to tell me in detail n he explained that in his childhood their was no boundary his mom could scold a child living next door, he could be scolded by any mom in their area and they had the fear that "koi na koi Maa humy daikh re hai'
Today I actually felt "mohaly ki Maa Mar gyi hai" we all have moved to sophisticated gated colonies and we are just confined to our selves.

A boy of age 3-4 years sitting on a swing next to my sons swing was kissed by his driver on lips when he was asking for an ice cream.He kissed him said "Lo mill gyi Tumhy ice cream " . I was standing next to them and was in a state of shock. I wanted to slap him right away but I just controlled myself to find out where the parents are. His 3 other brothers were playing in the park who were older and asked one of them for his moms number. I spoke to her and reported the incident. It was a shock for her too.(story in short)

But I still just can't believe it. I am just thinking ky mohaly ki Maa Kio Mar gyi hai? Why the driver had no fear that he was in public Aur koi Aur Maa daikh rahi hai? Kio Aur koi Maa nai boli? Kio kisi aur Maa ny nai daikha? Kaisy kisi ki jurat hu ky Itni Maao ky darmiyan bachy ku hath lagaye......... Shaid is liye ky mohaly ki Maa Mar gyi hai?

Please Mohaly ki Maa ku Zinda kro for safety of every child and your own child.