E PAY PUNJAB ACHIEVES A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE
October 2021, According to the official website of Punjab IT Board – e-Pay Punjab has collected a staggering revenue of PKR 50 Billion+ against 10 Million+...
Zong Partners with REDRETAIL to Promote Digital Payments in Pakistan
Zong has partnered with REDRETAIL (a REDtone Group company), one of the leading retail digitization platforms, to promote digital payments in Pakistan. This collaboration...
PTA RENEWS JAZZ LICENSE
Islamabad (October, 2021): After dismissal of a petition from Islamabad High Court, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has renewed Jazz License due for renewal...
SBP instructs Banks to Digitize Corporate Payments
Towards digitization of payments and receipts in the corporate sector, SBP has now made it mandatory for its regulated entities (REs) including banks, microfinance...
Jazz recognized as the Telecom Sector’s Most Preferred Employer
Islamabad – October 2021: Jazz, Pakistan’s number one 4G operator and the largest internet and broadband service provider, has been awarded the ‘Most Preferred...
BankIslami Partners with M3 Technologies Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.
BankIslami, one of the leading Islamic banks of Pakistan with a network of more than 340 branches in over 123 cities, has entered into an agreement...
RCCI and FBR bestow Jazz with the Best Taxpaying Company Award
Islamabad – 15 October 2021: Jazz has been bestowed the ‘Best Taxpaying Company’ award under the large taxpayers category (largest withholding agent nationwide)...
Pakistani Startup Democratizes ID Verification – Sabhi Launches its Customer ID Verification Solution
Islamabad: Any Pakistani public or private entity can now verify their customer’s identity with a single click using Sabhi’s Identity Operating System (IDOS)....
ICT INTERNSHIP PORTAL LAUNCHED
Federal Secretary Ministry of IT and Telecommunication, Dr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput inaugurated the ICT internship portal here at Pakistan Software Export Board head...
PM to launch ‘Kisan Portal’ for farmers today
Prime Minister Imran Khan will launch ‘Kisan Portal’ for the farmers today under Pakistan Citizen’s Portal. Earlier, the problems of the farmers...
JazzCash and Mastercard 2021 Introduce New Solutions to Transform Pakistan’s Digital Payment Ecosystem
Islamabad – 13 October 2021: Pakistan’s leading fintech JazzCash, in collaboration with Mastercard, is strengthening the country’s digital payments ecosystem....
UN terms Ehsaas as international best practice
October, 2021 – Islamabad: In the recently released edition of UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments 2021, Pakistan’s Ehsaas programme has been...
LICENSES FOR NEXT GENERATION MOBILE SERVICES IN AJ&K AND GB AWARDED
Islamabad (October 11, 2021): The license signing ceremony for Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS) in Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit Batistan was held here...
IST Students Win 1st position in International Free Mission UAV Competition at Turkey’s TEKNOFEST
IST Students Win 1st position in International Free Mission UAV Competition at Turkey’s TEKNOFEST pic.twitter.com/XBUxh7t413 — Institute of Space Technology...
Telenor Pakistan, Easypaisa Partner with Velocity’s 7th Cohort Startup DigiKhata
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the world have a fundamental role to play in the development of economies. According to the Small and Medium...
GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO REDUCE DIGITAL DIVIDE BETWEEN RURAL & URBAN COMMUNITIES
Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque has said the government is committed to reduce digital divide between rural and urban communities...
All you need to know about the Massive MIMO technology rolled out by Jazz
A few days back Jazz made an announcement about successfully rolling out a technology called Massive MIMO. According to their official website – Jazz Source...
Lahore-based Fintech Startup PostEx Raises $1.5 Million
Pakistani fintech and logistics startup PostEx has successfully raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round directed by MSA Capital, as announced by the company...
Jazz partners with Alkira to provide enterprise customers Multicloud networking technology
Jazz, Pakistan’s number one 4G operator, and the largest internet and broadband service provider has partnered with Network Cloud pioneer Alkira,®Inc. to deploy...
Official Statements From Facebook Tell Very Little of What Actually Went Wrong?
The recent service outages faced by global customer base of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp had social media at a stand still for hours. How ever considering...
Jazz xlr8 powered startup DeafTawk announces global expansion plans
Islamabad – October, 2021. DeafTawk, a startup powered by Jazz xlr8, announced plans to expand its operations globally at a ceremony held to officiate the $250,000...
UFONE AWARDED LICENSE FOR NEXT GENERATION MOBILE SERVICES
Islamabad: The license signing ceremony of PTML (Ufone) was held today at PTA Headquarters, Islamabad. License was issued to Ufone against the spectrum auction for...
Pakistan has shipped 1500 domestically produced 4G smartphones to UAE (United Arab Emirates).
“It is worth mentioning that Pakistan has become a 4G smartphone exporter in such a short period of time. “I would like to applaud Airlink Communications...
Istanbul, Turkey hosting first Pakistan Tech Summit 2021
Abdul Razak Dawood, Adviser for Commerce and Investment to Prime Minister Imran Khan, has encouraged entrepreneurs to participate in the first Pakistan Tech Summit...
Systems Ltd wins its second Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion Award
Systems Limited continues to dominate Pakistan’s global technology landscape in the year 2021 as it bags its consecutive Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion Award....
JazzCash rolls out an all new and improved mobile app
JazzCash, Pakistan’s leading fintech with over 13.1 million monthly active users, has released a new, revamped version of its consumer app. The all new JazzCash...
PTA NOTIFIES QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR SPECTRUM AUCTION IN AJ&K AND GB 2021
Islamabad (23rd September, 2021): In accordance with the timelines mentioned in Information Memorandum (IM) for the Spectrum Auction for Next Generation Mobile Services...
President for providing support, conducive environment to start-ups
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi Tuesday emphasized the need of providing support and conducive environment to start-ups through trainings, investor linkages and...
PORTAL LAUNCHED FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION OF FREELANCERS
Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque inaugurated portal for online registration of freelancers at Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB)...
Enabling Pakistan’s Telecommunications Industry through Digital Transformation
Equal access to digital services and smart technologies is now considered a basic human right for a lot of people. At the forefront of the movement...
SBP enables resident Pakistanis to open bank accounts through digital channels
With the rapid growth in adoption of electronic banking channels, especially amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand from bank and customers for digital financial...
11 PROJECTS WORTH PKR 8.5 BILLION WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO TRANSFORM DIGITAL BALOCHISTAN, AMIN UL HAQUE
Islamabad, September 15, 2021: The Universal Service Fund (USF) awarded contract worth approximately PKR 1.36 billion to Telenor for providing high-speed mobile...
Ignite, JS Bank join hands to support young entrepreneurs
With the aim to provide further support to the Pakistani startup community, an MoU was signed between JS Bank Ltd. and Ignite National Technology Fund to...
Over Rs Five Billion Being Spent On 1905 Km Long Fibre Optics Projects In Pakistan
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque on Saturday said an Information Technology (IT) Centre worth over Rs 30 billion was...
CIP and Mastercard launch ‘Ignite’ program to support entrepreneurs
In support of the Pakistan Government’s National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS), CARE International in Pakistan (CIP) and Mastercard today launched the ‘Ignite’ small...
PM launches NADRA’s biometric mobile application
National Database and Registration Authority’s (NADRA) has launched a mobile application called Pak-ID which will be used to capture biometrics and scan documents...
PCB signs three-year agreement with CricHQ and CricViz
CricHQ will be PCB’s live scoring partner and will digitise scoring from grassroots level all the way up to the top-tier of Pakistan cricket which is...
NATIONAL FREELANCING CONFERENCE 2021 HELD IN BHURBAN
Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) organized a high-profile National Freelancing Conference 2021 to obtain feedback on the National Freelancing Facilitation...
Introducing 5G
5G, the fifth generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks, and successor to 4G, has been a late guest to Pakistan. While millions of people worldwide...
MMBL inks MoU with Universal Motors for financing commercial vehicles
Pakistan’s largest digital bank, Mobilink Microfinance Bank Limited (MMBL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Universal Motors (Private) Limited,...
Digital Libas wins UNDP-Jazz SDG Bootcamp in Balochistan
Quetta, Sep 2021: Digital Libas, a remote work providing social enterprise from Quetta, is the winner of the SDG Bootcamp for Social Enterprises organized by the...
Number of IT companies increases by 60% during last three years
Pakistan’s Information Technology (IT) sector has made measurable and quantifiable progress due to the strong focus of the present government on the growth of...
IT Ministry, Ignite launch Digital Pakistan Cybersecurity Hackathon
Ministry of IT & Telecom and its associated company, Ignite, have launched Pakistan’s first nationwide cybersecurity hackathon. 1200+ individuals have registered...
Jazz focuses on 4G penetration, investing PKR 13.7 billion in 2Q21
Jazz, Pakistan’s number one 4G operator, and the largest internet and broadband service provider has maintained its strategic focus on 4G penetration, investing...
Pakistan needs to focus on robust 4G rollout: Julian Gorman
While Pakistan has set the target to commercially launch 5G internet by December 2022, a global expert in the field suggests that it should rather be...
LOCAL MOBILE MANUFACTURING SURPASSES MOBILE PHONE IMPORT
The production of mobile phones by local manufacturing plants has surpassed the number of mobile phones imports in the country. During Jan-July 2021, the production...
Nayatel Partners with eShifa and Shifa International Hospital Ltd. as their IT Solution Provider
The shift and impact of the digital surge in the year 2020 have pushed a lot of organizations around the world to transform their businesses in...
Bazaar, Pakistani B2B marketplace and digital ledger raises $30 million in country’s largest Series A
Karachi-headquartered sixteen-month-old B2B ecommerce startup Bazaar has raised $30 million in the largest Series A round for a Pakistani startup. The deal that...
Jazz conferred with the Shaukat Khanum Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2020
In recognition of its sustainability initiatives, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center (SKMCH&RC) has awarded Jazz the Shaukat Khanum...
Pakistan’s digital achievements through Ignite and PITB shine among SCO members convention in China
Pakistan’s digital achievements wow the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states at the 2021 China-SCO Forum on the Digital Economy Industry and the...