Pakistan Privatizes GEPCO While IESCO FESCO Get Concessions
Pakistan will now privatize only Gujranwala Electric Power Company outright, while Islamabad Electric Supply Company and Faisalabad Electric Supply Company will...
IT Minister Announces 5G Launch Five Cities
Federal Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja announced 5G launch in five major cities after February 2026 spectrum auction approved by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s...
1LINK Achieves Mastercard Card Bureau Certification
1LINK has secured Mastercard certification for its advanced Card Personalization Bureau, enhancing Pakistan’s payments infrastructure. The facility now supports...
Does Netflix Know That Cinema is in Code Blue?
Introduction: The Fall of The House of Cinema Maybe it is the way that we dim-wittingly stare at multiple screens simultaneously, or perhaps it is a...
Faysal Bank Opens Pakistan’s First Self-Serve Digital Lobby
Faysal Bank launched Pakistan’s first unmanned Self-Serve Digital Lobby in Lahore, offering 24/7 banking services with instant card replacement in under five...
ECC Injects Rs200 Billion Into Pakistan DISCOs
The Economic Coordination Committee approved Rs200 billion equity injection into power distribution companies to address cash flow constraints. The committee also...
Bilal Bin Saqib Clarifies Binance HTX Approvals
Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority issued initial no-objection certificates to Binance and HTX under a supervised entry framework. Chairman Bilal...
Social Media is Diseased With Therapy-Speak
Introduction: The Fools Are Running The Asylum Have you ever noticed how all of a sudden everyone on social media is suffering from some form of...
OpenAI Warns Future Models Could Exploit Systems
OpenAI warned its upcoming AI models could generate zero-day exploits against systems or assist intrusion operations. Microsoft-backed company is establishing Frontier...
Alfalah Investments LMKR Launch Pakistan Angel Fund
Alfalah Investments and LMKR launched Pakistan’s first institutional angel fund under SECP regulations to finance early-stage tech startups. The fund pools...
Pakistan Kyrgyzstan Set $200 Million Trade Goal
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov signed 15 MoUs targeting $200 million bilateral trade by 2027-28. Pakistan offered Kyrgyzstan access...
The Cult of Performative Online Aestheticism
Introduction: Subcultures and Manufactured Identities The internet’s obsession with performance and aesthetics may have gone too far. It seems as though every...
Finland Closing Pakistan Embassy Again In 2026
Finland will close its embassies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Myanmar in 2026 due to limited commercial ties and political developments. The closures are part of...
Aurangzeb Forms Capital Market Development Council Pakistan
Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb established the Capital Market Development Council with SECP, State Bank of Pakistan, and Pakistan Stock Exchange. The...
LOLC Microfinance Bank Partners PTCL Smart Cloud
LOLC Microfinance Bank partnered with PTCL Smart Cloud. This enhances digital banking infrastructure. Read more: PTCL Group Partners CEQUENS for CPaaS Launch Pakistan...
SBP Governor Urges Banks: Adopt AI, Finance Inclusion
Governor Jameel Ahmad urged Pakistani banks to adopt AI, climate financing, and increase SME lending at the Pakistan Banking Summit 2025. SBP’s Strategic Vision...
Pakistan Charts AI Roadmap, Stresses Regional Stability
Pakistan outlined its AI ambitions and security priorities at the Margalla Dialogue 2025. Regional leaders stressed that stability in Afghanistan is vital for cooperation...
You’re Leaving? We’re Sorry to See You Go
Introduction: Temporary Deactivation or a Permanent Deletion? It’s as they say: what goes up, must come down. And what it has come down to is the...
Pakistan Wins ASOCIO Digital Summit Hosting Rights 2026
Pakistan has won the bid to host the ASOCIO Digital Summit in November 2026 with delegations from 24 countries. Former PASHA Chairman Muhammad Zohaib Khan called...
Pakistan Bears Qatar Energy LNG Price Losses
Qatar Energy agreed to divert 24 LNG cargoes to the open market in 2026, with Pakistan bearing any price differential losses. Pakistan State Oil will finalize...
ECC Delays Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Reko Diq Approval
The Economic Coordination Committee postponed the Pakistan International Bulk Terminal-Reko Diq export plan over arbitration disputes. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs...
PM Shehbaz Sharif Meets Ilham Aliyev In Baku
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Ilham Aliyev held strategic talks in Baku to deepen bilateral cooperation. The meeting emphasized collaboration in trade,...
Pakistan Cuts Fossil Fuels Adds Solar Power
Pakistan has imported over 50 gigawatts of solar capacity since 2017 as fossil fuel use declines, according to Renewables First’s Pakistan Energy Market Review...
Devil’s Advocate: In Defense of AI
“All rise! The court is now in session. Is the defense ready?” “Ready, your honor.” “The defense may now present its case.” By now, the jury...
IBA CED Partners Sapphire for Sindh Startup Accelerator
IBA’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Development and SCS have partnered with SEDF to establish Sindh’s first government-backed startup accelerator. The program...
Smart Meter Prices Slashed, Rs25B Saved
The Ministry of Energy Power Division announced Friday that strategic interventions have reduced single-phase smart meter prices from Rs20,000 to Rs15,000, creating...
Pakistan Mandates Cybersecurity Standards Across All Industries
Pakistan has mandated National Cybersecurity Standards (PCSS) for all sectors. Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja announced that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority...
Link Exchange Launches Raast QR Payments Nationwide
Link International Exchange Company has partnered with the State Bank of Pakistan to launch QR code-based payments under the Raast program across 75 branches nationwide....
Zong Z SAIS Cloud Partners CyMax Technologies SaaS
Zong has partnered with CyMax Technologies to expand Z SAIS Cloud’s Software-as-a-Service portfolio in Pakistan. The collaboration integrates CyMax’s...
Faysal Bank EFU Life Launch Zenith WIN Takaful Plans
Faysal Bank Limited and EFU Life Assurance Ltd launched two Shariah-compliant Takaful products: the EFU Takaful Zenith Plan and EFU Takaful WIN FitCover Plan. The...
PTCL Group Partners CEQUENS for CPaaS Launch
PTCL Group and CEQUENS have signed a memorandum of understanding at GITEX Global 2025 to launch Communications Platform as a Service in Pakistan’s enterprise...
Daira Completes One Year Serving 200,000 Customers
Daira, a mobile-first digital nano-lending platform operated by Finleap and backed by NYSE-listed FinVolution Group, achieved significant growth in its first year...
Mari Energies Courts Rio Tinto BHP Investment
Mari Energies Limited is actively approaching international mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP to unlock overseas investment in Pakistan’s mineral industry. This...
Shaza Fatima Khawaja Inaugurated Pakistan Pavilion GITEX Global
Federal Minister for IT and Telecom Shaza Khawaja inaugurated Pakistan’s Tech Destination Pavilion at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai on Monday. The ceremony brought...
Doom Scroll and Decay of the Brain
Introduction: The 2024 Word of the Year By now you must be aware that Oxford University Press’s Word of the Year for 2024 was “Brain rot”....
Prince Mansour Acquires Majority K-Electric Stake
Prince Mansour bin Mohammed Al Saud signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding with Shehryar Chishti, CEO of AsiaPak Investments, to acquire majority stake in...
Oblivion and Loneliness in The Age of Hyperconnectivity
Introduction: Hyperconnected and Isolated Living in an era of hyperconnectivity and enmeshed in algorithmic reality, in its own way can be a very isolating experience....
Pakistan’s Default Risk Falls, Ranks Second Globally
Pakistan has just recorded one of the most dramatic falls in sovereign default risk, leaping to become the second-most improved nation globally in Credit Default...
Pakistan Secures $3.5B for Reko Diq Progress
Pakistan has secured $3.5 billion in funding for the Reko Diq venture, supported by six international donor agencies led by U.S. EXIM Bank and Asian Development...
Pakistan AI Policy Projects 7–12% GDP Growth
At a seminar organized by Pakistan Institute of Development Economics called “Bridging Gaps in Pakistan’s AI Roadmap,” veterans presented ambitious...
Pakistan’s Banks Embrace AI and Fintech Revolution
At the 23rd Future Banking Summit & Expo, main voices charted Pakistan’s digital finance future. Karandaaz Pakistan‘s Faisal Mahmood pointed out...
Investment Surges with Germany-Pakistan New Trade
Pakistan’s Minister of Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb has reiterated Islamabad’s unstinted support to German investors, assuring easier...
Pakistan’s Smart Non‑Chip CNICs Bring Big Benefits
Pakistan’s National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA), headed by Chairman Lt Gen Muhammad Munir Afsar, has introduced a new non‑chip...
Bykea Launches Digital Payments for Seamless Rides
Bykea has officially made a giant leap into the world of fintech by offering digital payments for rides! Riders can now pay through easypaisa digital bank,...
Strait Turmoil Rocks Crypto and Oil Markets
World markets stumbled this week after U.S. and Israeli air raids hit Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, prompting Iran’s parliament...
NAB Implements AI to Break Financial Crime Cases
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is taking a leap of a high-tech kind, implementing artificial intelligence in its financial crime investigations across...
Pakistan Leads the Way with New Electric Car Strategy
Pakistan has launched its National Electric Vehicle (NEV) Policy 2025–30, which has lofty targets to electrify 30% of all new car sales by the end of...
Pakistan’s Big Tech Jump Towards $15bn Export Target
In a daring bid to enhance Pakistan’s international tech presence, Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Khawaja announced the government’s...
Punjab Fines of Rs 1 Million for Refusal of Digital Payment
The Punjab government is going tough on businesses that deny digital payments through its new Finance Bill. Any shop refusing debit or credit cards, mobile wallets,...
White-Collar Workforce Under Threat from AI
Artificial intelligence is transforming the job market at a rapid pace, and not discreetly. Microsoft AI CEO and co-founder of DeepMind Mustafa Suleyman has cautioned...
