Sialkot Becomes Home of Asia’s First Smart Village Under the Digital Pakistan Initiative

By Tehniyat Zafar ⏐ 1 year ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Sialkot: Pakistan has launched one of a kind Smart Village project in Roras, Sialkot, under the Digital Pakistan vision.  The project aims to empower rural communities…

Huawei to help set up smart classrooms in GIKI

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Chinese smartphone titan Huawei will reportedly help in the establishment of smart classrooms in the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology.  The announcement in…

Pakistani executive among top 20 IT leaders at World CIO 200 Summit

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Muhammad Umar Ilyas of Group EVP – Data Centre and Technology Operations (PTCL and Ufone) has bagged a global award recognizing his achievements at a…

USF approves high-speed internet service projects worth Rs11.5 billion

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Universal Service Fund (USF) Board has approved a total of ten projects worth Rs11.5 billion to provide high-speed internet and optical fiber services to…

Digital technologies can add Rs.9.7 trillion in Pakistan’s annual economic value by 2030

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Digital transformation can help Pakistan unlock up to Rs.9.7 trillion (59.7 Billion USD) in annual economic value by 2030, equivalent to about 19% of the…

Tablet-in-a-School: KPK to introduce tablets in schools as part of digitization effort

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, in its continuous attempt to push for province-wide digitization, has decided to launch an initiative for the purpose of introducing tablets…

Govt aims to reduce the digital divide between rural, urban areas: IT Minister

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

According to Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Syed Aminul Haque, the government of Pakistan intends to diminish the digital gap between rural and…

Pakistan to hold first-ever digital census in 2023

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a significant step on the road to digitalization, Pakistan is all set to begin preparations to conduct its first digital census in 2023.  As…

Digital Pakistan Policy expected to be launched by the end of August

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Digital Pakistan Policy (DPP) 2021 – a comprehensive policy dictating the crucial elements needed to tap into the global digital market and empower Pakistanis…

World Bank offers technical support to KP for various projects

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The World Bank (WB) has expressed interest in providing technical assistance and support for establishing projects such as citizen facilitation centres, integrating ease of doing…

Govt firm to transform KP into digital province

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has made a historic increase of 137 percent for the promotion of science and technology by allocating Rs2.5 billion rupees in…

PM Khan’s Digital Pakistan Vision: Rs. 31 billion allocated for the development of Science & tech

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC), Pakistan’s top economic decision-making body has approved an Rs. 2.1 trillion…

PM speeds up Islamabad Tech Zone development, approves Special Technology Zone Rules 2021

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed the establishment of the Islamabad Special Technology Zone at the earliest while reiterating that the development and implementation…

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