Code, Cash, and Chaos: Inside the blindspots threatening Pakistani IT
A thriving IT industry risks stalling as policy uncertainty clouds Pakistan’s digital future
Nine departments of MoST left without permanent heads
Irrelevant officials running key organizations on ad hoc basis
Internet firewall could cost Pakistan’s economy $300 million: P@SHA
Government's lack of transparency on firewall sparks distrust; global IT clients fear privacy compromise; P@SHA calls for immediate and unconditional halt to this digital siege
NA committee seeks explanation from PTA over internet, social media disruptions
WISPAP expresses concerns over govt's recent measures to enhance online surveillance, citing severe impacts on the digital economy
Govt unveils over Rs79bn investment to support IT sector growth. Will it amount to anything more than irrelevant IT Parks?Â
The government has proposed more than Rs79 billion investment in the IT sector as part of its Rs18.87 trillion budget to boost...
STZA, NRTC ink Rs12.5bn deal to enhance tech operations
The major tech agreement aims to transform Pakistan's technological landscape
European companies show interest in investing in Pakistan’s IT sector
Startups that graduated from NIC have started attracting foreign IT companies to invest in Pakistan
Pakistan’s IT exports boost by 37% YoY to $306mn in March 2024Â
IT exports clock in at $2.28 billion, up by 17% YoY in 9MFY24
IT exports increase 32% YoY to $257mn in FebruaryÂ
Annual forecast suggests IT exports may surpass $3 billion mark for FY24, report
Hafeez Shaikh calls for early completion of telecom spectrum sale process
ISLAMABAD: Stressing the need to release the unsold spectrum of Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS), Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr...
Pakistan welcomes China’s launch of Global Initiative on Data Security
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday welcomed the launch of Global Initiative on Data Security by China, saying that an equitable and reliable Information...
Pakistan, China likely to sign MoU for cooperation in ICT
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China may expand bilateral cooperation in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) in the near future as...
Apple, Google together plan software to slow Covid-19
Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday that they will work together to create contact-tracing technology that aims to slow...
Tania Aidrus’s big bet on creating a Digital Pakistan
It started, as things often do in Pakistan, with a WhatsApp forward. On Thursday, December 5, a group of Pakistanis living in...
Japan-South Korea trade spat threatens global tech market
TOKYO: A simmering diplomatic row with Japan is threatening South Korea’s output of components that drive smartphones and computer displays, which analysts...