Government relief funds help Pakistan’s low-income sector amid corona lockdown

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

As one of the emerging countries of the world, Pakistan has almost 24 percent of their residents below the poverty line; people struggling every day…

Sindh Government launches YouTube channel to help students study online

By Taha Abdullah ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Government of Sindh has recently created a YouTube channel by the name of “Online Classes College Education Department Sindh” to allow students to continue…

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Pakistan Citizen Portal adds new categories to tackle corruption and governmental issues

By Tehreem Farooqi ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Pakistan Citizen Portal (PCP) has proven to be an extremely useful and efficient way for the common man in Pakistan to lodge a complaint.…

Government announces ‘Digital Pakistan’ initiative to digitally transform the country

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Today, at PM house in Islamabad, Prime Minister Imran Khan formally announced and inaugurated the Digital Pakistan campaign. The initiative will set the country in…

Pakistani officials targeted by malware apps according to report

By Taha Abdullah ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Blackberry, the Canadian security company previously famous for its mobile phones, released a report on Wednesday detailing attempts of espionage against Pakistani government and military…

Here is a list of Digital Initiatives taken by the PTI Govt so far

By Abdul Raffay ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The Government has been taking great strides in the advancement of technology since last year. From the Mohafiz app to digitizing the Postal service and…

Government is failing to support small-medium scale firms in IT sector of Pakistan, Syed Ahmad

By Faisal Saeed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The chairman of the Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) and a member of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on IT & Telecom Syed Ahmad has…

Fawad Chaudhry named Minister for Science and Technology in major cabinet reshuffle

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Major changes are occurring in the cabinet today with Asad Umar resigning from his position of Finance Minister and Fawad Chaudhry now being appointed as…

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An application to monitor, trace and recover stolen smartphones developed by government

By TechJuice ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Punjab Information Technology Board in partnership with Lahore Police has developed an application to help in the recovery of stolen smartphones. The application, called…

Punjab Government to appoint VCs at 7 universities of Punjab

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Punjab government plans to complete the much-delayed process of appointing Vice Chancellors (VCs) at seven public sector universities in Punjab next month. For that…

Punjab govt to soon launch camera-readable Universal Number Plates

By Talha Saqib ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Back in April 2017, it was reported that Punjab government was planning to introduce the new Universal Number Plates, however, we couldn’t see that happening…

Budget 2018-19: Mobiles to get more expensive as govt proposes new taxes on imports

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Pakistani government is planning on imposing new taxes on already heavily taxed sector of the country — mobile phone industry. Pakistan’s Federal Government has…

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Mobile operators will now share customer data with FBR

By Uzair Khalid ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

About a month ago, FBR admitted that it was unable to collect data from telecom operators in Pakistan and therefore it was unable to properly…

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