Pakistan’s digital jump, and the gap beneath it
Pakistan’s latest reading in the ICT Development Index 2026 is encouraging, but it is not a clean success story. It is better read as an improvement from a low base. The country’s IDI score…
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Pakistan: Punjab e-procurement system saves Rs70 billion in FY2025-26
More than 7,000 agencies and 25,000 suppliers are registered as the province pushes procurement and public services online Punjab’s e-procurement system generated estimated savings of Rs70 billion during FY2025-26, officials told a meeting chaired…
As AI races ahead, China bets on a people-centered digital future
*As AI technologies advance rapidly, a growing number of Chinese demand-driven innovations are emerging, injecting fresh momentum into the global digital economy. *According to Jiang Xiaojuan, professor at the University of Chinese Academy of…
Pakistan: Electronic payments reach 3.7 billion transactions
Digital channels drive 92% of retail volume as Raast, mobile banking surge in Q3 FY26 Pakistan's electronic payments landscape continued to expand during the third quarter of FY26, with retail payments through the banking…
Chinese delegation discusses digital skills training project with TEVTA
LAHORE, Jun 25 (Gwadar Pro) - A Chinese delegation visited the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) Secretariat in Lahore on Wednesday to discuss a Pakistan-China digital skills and e-commerce training project for…
Pakistan: The promise of digital payments
TECHNOLOGY has a way of solving problems that policy has struggled with. When telecommunications deregulation failed to connect rural Pakistan, mobile phones arrived and did the job. When grid electrification could not reach large…
