Pakistan news
NITB develops online portal for overseas Pakistanis to register complaints
Overseas Pakistanis in UAE now have the facility to register complaints, make suggestions, and provide feedback, courtesy of the new Foreign Minister’s Portal launched by…
Digital transactions increase 31% year-on-year during Jan-Mar: SBP
E-banking transactions in Pakistan are undeniably on the rise, as exhibited by the State Bank of Pakistan’s Quarterly Payment System Review released on Monday. According…
RDA inflows cross the $1.5bn mark: PM Imran Khan
Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter on Sunday to announce that the inflows from the Roshan Digital Account (RDA) scheme have crossed the $1.5…
Govt firm to transform KP into digital province
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…
Pakistan’s startup ecosystem rises to second position in South Asia
The Pakistani startup space has had an incredible year, having moved up the ladder to 75th position worldwide and 2nd in the South Asian region,…
Punjab to establish chip design centers in eight universities
Punjab government will be setting up micro- and nano-electronic chip design centers in eight universities of the province, and for this purpose the province has…
MOITT launches ‘Smart Village’ project in all provinces
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MOITTT), through the Universal Service Fund (USF), has initiated the “Smart Village” project in all of the nation’s…
Murad Raas announces two new apps to facilitate teachers and parents in Punjab
Punjab Minister for Education Murad Raas on Friday announced two separate mobile applications in the province aimed at facilitating school teachers and parents. “The measures…
94% of Pakistanis have no idea what GDP is
We talk quite a fair bit here about how Pakistan’s economy is faring, especially ever since the global coronavirus pandemic which had a tremendous impact…
Exports rise 14% while imports cross the $50bn mark in 11 months
Pakistan’s exports have managed to rise by 14% over the course of the outgoing May-July 2021 fiscal year, and while that is an impressive feat,…
Over Rs2.2 trillion allocated for development projects in Pakistan: Asad Umar
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Asad Umar has announced that allocation of Rs2,201 billion has been approved for the development programme for…
Pakistani scientists lauded for introducing ZECC tech for storage of fruits, vegetables
Speakers at a workshop on Monday said that horticulture farmers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa suffered a huge loss annually due to poor post-harvest handling, non-professional agricultural…
Govt to establish Rs31 billion IT park in Karachi airport
The government has decided to set up an information technology (IT) park at the Jinnah International Airport in the trade and business hub of Karachi…












