ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi Tuesday emphasized the need of providing support and conducive environment to start-ups through trainings, investor linkages and mentorship programs for the country’s socio-economic development. He said that right policies had been put in place to enable young entrepreneurs to play their part in Pakistan’s prosperity, Continue Reading
Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque inaugurated portal for online registration of freelancers at Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) head office. Secretary IT Dr. Sohail Rajput was also present on the occasion. The launching of the portal (https://pseb.org.pk/app/index.php) for registration of freelancers is among the many steps Continue Reading
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 towards digitalization lies the telecommunications industry, which in the recent decades has undergone tremendous technological development, with capacity and coverage of mobility, broadband, and Continue Reading
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 transactions have increased manifold. Based on the success of the Roshan Digital Account framework, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has now devised a comprehensive ‘Customers’ Digital Continue Reading
Islamabad, September 15, 2021: The Universal Service Fund (USF) awarded contract worth approximately PKR 1.36 billion to Telenor for providing high-speed mobile broadband 4G services in Chaghi and Nushki districts of Balochistan province. Federal Minister for Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunication, Syed Amin Ul Haque and Chairman Senate, Sadiq Sanjrani Continue Reading
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 provide new financing facilities to Ignite’s R&D projects, startups of five National Incubation Centers (NICs), and freelancers of Digiskills.pk to facilitate their growth. Under Continue Reading
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 under construction in the metropolis. While addressing a ceremony of 15th Consumer Choice Awards held at a local hotel here on Saturday, he said six different Fibre Optics projects in Pakistan of Broadband Service had Continue Reading
In support of the Pakistan Government’s National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS), CARE International in Pakistan (CIP) and Mastercard today launched the ‘Ignite’ small business program during a ceremony presided by Dr. Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, in Islamabad. The program is part of a global collaboration between CARE Continue Reading
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 using smartphones. “Inaugurated PAK-ID Mobile App by #NADRA. A revolutionary step in providing convenience, especially to Overseas Pakistanis. Applicants of http://id.nadra.gov.pk can now capture fingerprints, photograph and Continue Reading
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 the First XIs of the six Cricket Associations. The partnership will enable the PCB to collect data and analyse player performances using match reports Continue Reading
