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

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…

Pakistan among top 10 countries with highest growth rate in open source contributions: GitHub report

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

It appears that the Pakistani developer community has been pretty active this year! According to a new report released by version control platform GitHub, Pakistan…

Pakistan joins four other countries to create the Digital Cooperation Organization

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Pakistan has joined hands with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait and founded the Digital Cooperation Organization; a organisation set up to promote the vision…

Digital Pakistan linked company faces conflict of interest concerns over appointment of leadership

By Taha Abdullah ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

As reported by Dawn, the Digital Pakistan Foundation is facing transparency concerns over having Ms. Tania Aidrus on its board of directors. The DPF is…

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