NADRA Pulls ‘Self-Report Death’ Feature from PakID App After Backlash

By Sabica Tahira ⏐ 3 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has quietly removed a controversial option from its PakID mobile app after it sparked heavy criticism and became…

Vpn Ban Could Cost Pakistans It Industry 1 Billion Warns Psha

VPN Ban Could Cost Pakistan’s IT Industry $1 Billion, Warns P@SHA

By Tehniyat Zafar ⏐ 1 year ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) has raised alarms about the severe impact of the government’s decision to ban Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), warning that…

Pakistan Makes $426 Million From IT Exports in Just 2 months

Pakistan Makes $426 Million From IT Exports in Just 2 months

By Abdullah Shahid ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Compared to the first two months of the last fiscal year, the IT industry has seen a 10% overall increase in exports While Pakistan’s economic…

Polish envoy calls for cooperation between Poland, Pakistan in science and tech

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

In an interview with APP on Saturday, Ambassador of Poland to Pakistan Maciej Pisarski said that Pakistan and Poland could enhance two-way trade in areas of information technology,…

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President Alvi encourages youth to capitalize on IT-based market

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

President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday urged the youth to gain maximum benefits of IT-related world market that may help in overall development and prosperity…

Pakistan’s Air Link announces distribution agreement with realme

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

Pakistan’s Air Link Communication Limited on Tuesday announced that it has formed a distribution agreement with Chinese smartphone manufacturer realme.  As per details in the report published…

Pakistan rises to 99th position in Global Innovation Index

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

Pakistan comes in at 99th position out of 132 economies featured in the Global Innovation Index (GII), which is a ranking of world economies in terms of…

Telenor, UNICEF hand over digital birth registration system to Sindh

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

With the help of innovative technology, Telenor Pakistan and UNICEF have joined hands to hand over the Digital Birth Registration (DBR) system to the Sindh…

KP govt to build Science Museum in the province: Atif Khan

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

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Science and Technology and Information Technology Mohammad Atif Khan announced on Monday that the provincial government has plans to build a…

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Karachi IT Park to feature 210 companies and over 8000 employees

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

The Information Technology (IT) Park, which is being developed in Karachi with a price tag of Rs31 billion, is set to host around 210 companies…

Electric vehicles proposed for school transport in Pakistan

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

Journeys to school might just get greener, as recommendations have been put forward by concerned authorities calling for the mobilization of electric vehicles to replace existing public transport…

Cybersecurity is “first defence line of any country”: President Arif Alvi

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

Expounding upon the importance of cybersecurity, President Arif Alvi on Tuesday said that it has become the very first line of defence of any country nowadays.  During…

Pakistan can save $1 billion with this modern battery technology, claims startup

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

According to details revealed by the Energy and Automation (ENA) Director Faisal Murad, a local startup has come up with exciting new battery technology that…

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