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Acknowledging innovation in IT sector, 15th PASHA ICT Awards held

Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA) held its 15th P@SHA ICT Awards on 7th of September, 2018 in Islamabad. The P@SHA Awards are the premier event of the IT industry and bring together business leaders from various sectors as well as diplomats and media. The Chief Guest for the awards ceremony was the Honorable Minister of IT&T, Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, who has recently taken the helm of this critical sector.

P@SHA ICT Awards is a representation of the best innovation Pakistani IT Industry has to offer, for which hundreds of contestants send in their submissions and are then evaluated by judges from leading tech companies. There were 9 main categories and 33 subcategories for which the awards were given to the winners and runner-ups. The participants came from all across Pakistan and represented large IT companies, entrepreneurs as well as students.

In his address to the audience, Minister of IT&T, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, expressed his pleasure upon seeing a large representation of Pakistan’s dynamic IT industry at a single platform and assured his support and solidarity to his constituency.

Chairman P@SHA, Barkan Saeed, also congratulated the position holders and emphasized the importance of activities like P@SHA ICT Awards for the confidence building and morale of future architects of the IT Sector.

The awards were received for 33 different sub-categories by the position holders from Marketing, Banking, Education, Health, Public Sector, Industrial, Technology and other domains.

The winners represented the diversity of the industry, ranging from promising startups to publicly listed IT companies.

Secretary General P@SHA, Shehryar Hydri emphasized the importance of partnering with the government to push for reforms and incentives that are severely needed for the exponential growth of the IT sector, which has become a backbone of our economic growth.

These teams will now travel to Guangzhou, China to represent Pakistan in the 18th APICTA Awards, competing with the top companies from 17 countries.

The details of the awards are mentioned below:

Category

Winner

Runner Up

Head Category – Consumer

Media & Entertainment TelloTalk TPL Maps Election Portal
Banking/Insurance/Financial Investors Lounge Easy Insurance
Real Estate Seerab Maps
Retail & Distribution Work Force Management – LMKT Nimbus – Lumensoft
Digital Marketing Strategy & Advertising Text Whizard by Love For Data Happilac Paints – Competitive Edge
Tourism Hospitality Wisdom – Sybrid Peekaboo Guru – Fetch Sky

Head Category – Inclusions & Community

Community Services Connect Hear Atan –  Venture Dive
Indigenous Services EPIC (Smart Epilepsy Notification Ban) – Rise Tech District Management System – Sybrid
Regional, rural and remote services Digitizing Rural Retailers – Price Oye Stella EHR
Health and Wellbeing CureMD TrashIT Compost
Education Family Educational Services Foundation EDUPI

Head Category – Industrial

Agriculture Meri Zameen – LMKT
Resources, Energy & Utilities Engro Digital Step Solar
Supply Chain Logistics Systems Limited iDx – Love For Data
Sustainability & Environment TrashIT Fruges

Head Category –  Business Services

Finance & Accounting Solutions (Fintech) Love For Data E-Khata
ICT Services Solutions Abacus Consulting Intelli X – Contegris
Professional Services Web HR – Verge Systems Food Bucket – Integrated Units
Security Solutions T-eye Threat Intelligence Platform – Trillium Information Security Services V-Secure – LMKT

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