Imran Khan’s Digital Pakistan vision bears fruit, IT sector exports record new growth of 43%

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

Pakistan earned $1.52 billion through different Information Technology (IT) services during the first three quarters of the financial year 2020-21, exhibiting a growth of 43.61 percent…

Facebook to enable internet access to 15 million Pakistanis across 8 cities in a landmark “first of its kind” investment

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

Pakistanis who are forced to adjust to an Internet quality that is one of the worst in South Asia may want to rejoice as their…

Government funding youth’s hi-tech training instead of spending big on distributing laptops: Usman Dar

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

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar has called out the previous government for wasting large funds on laptop…

Education Ministry joins hands with Google & Tech Valley to establish digitally enabled government schools

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

Ministry of Federal Education and Professional has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Google and Tech Valley to make Islamabad the benchmark of digitally…

Huawei Pakistan created 10,000 jobs & paid $120 million in tax revenue from 2018 to 2020, VP says

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

The Vice President of Huawei Middle East Region Li Xiangyu has revealed that Huawei has played a crucial role in uplifting Pakistan’s economy by creating…

NITB assures of the establishment of Cyber Parliament by June in session headed by President Alvi

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

The representatives of the National Information Technology Board (NITB) assured the key stakeholders of meeting the deadline set to establish a ‘Cyber Parliament’ as the…

#DigitalPakistan will soon be a reality, IT minister says despite worse internet quality than Rwanda

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

“I am hopeful that with our focused approach and under the leadership of Prime Minister of Pakistan, the dream of #DigitalPakistan will come true soon.”…

Pakistan’s digital transformation: “Hunarmand Pakistan” trains 37,000 youth in A.I & Robotics.

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

The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) Executive Director (ED), Dr. Nasir Khan, said that around 37,000 young people were imparted six-month courses in…

Punjab begins digital mapping of Lahore, other urban centres in $150m project

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

The Board of Revenue Punjab has, for the first time, launched digital mapping of all provincial urban centres including Lahore under the foreign-funded $150 million…

KP Police launches Automated Complaints Redressal System

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

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police has launched the automated Police Complaints Redressal System (PCRS) in Peshawar, which aims to provide “speedy access to justice to all citizens…

Pakistan’s digital revolution: IT Ministry to conduct first-ever Digital Pakistan policy roundtables

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

As part of the endeavor to materialize Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Digital Pakistan vision, the IT ministry plans on holding Digital Pakistan Policy Roundtables, titled…

IT Ministry approves 7 projects of Rs. 4.8 billion in line with the Digital Pakistan vision

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

In an announcement made in the evening on Monday, the IT ministry notified that it had approved 7 IT projects worth a total of Rs.…

Police & CPLC launch app for verification of corporate workers

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

Employers now have a tool that they can use to know exactly who they are hiring! This development comes as a result of the efforts…

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