Pakistani students win top prize in Middle East tech competition
Kalim, Maria and Asadullah triumph Huawei ICT contest in which over 15,000 students and 440 universities participated
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December 30, 2020
The final leg included 13 teams from 27 universities in which Pakistan’s team emerged victorious, winning prizes that include US$20,000 prize money, Huawei MateBook laptops, smartphones and also a chance to join Huawei Pakistan. PHOTO: TWITTER/@Huawei ME
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistani students have emerged as champions of the Huawei ICT Competition Middle East 2020, winning top two coveted spots.
The team of three Pakistani students – Kalim Ullah (MS IT SEECS-NUST), Maria Aftab (MS IT, SEECS-NUST) and Asadullah (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro) – won first place in the competition in the Middle East category of the tech contest and qualified for the final global competition.