Hundreds of Pakistanis took to the streets in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore on Monday to protest Israel s continued attacks on Gaza, demanding that the Pakistani government as well as world powers intervene to stop the deadly violence that has now claimed more than 200 overwhelmingly Palestinian lives.
In Lahore, the Progressive Students Collective (PSC) and Lahore University of Management Sciences (Lums) students staged a protest at Liberty Chowk in solidarity with the Palestinians and against the Israeli government.
The protest was joined by at least 800 students and local activists.
Protesters hold placards as they take part in a demonstration in support of Palestine during an anti-Israel protest rally in Lahore on Monday. AFP
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Edkasa, a Lahore based education technology startup has managed to raise pre-seed funding of $320,000 to help launch a new mobile application for exam preparation. Photo courtesy Edkasa FB
Edkasa, a Lahore-based education technology startup has managed to raise pre-seed funding of $320,000 to help launch a new mobile application for exam preparation, the company said on Tuesday.
The new app will leverage and make use of Edkasa s existing userbase of 55,000 students and more than 40 schools throughout Pakistan which currently avail its services, according to a statement from the startup.
The company says it has already helped thousands of students, and recorded over 1.3 million hours of viewing time with over 250,000 queries answered by its teachers in 2020.
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