Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Unicef, Telenor Pakistan hand over digital birth registration system to Sindh govt

Telenor Pakistan

KARACHI: Leveraging innovation in technology, Telenor Pakistan and Unicef have handed over the digital birth registration (DBR) system to the Sindh government, a statement said. After its successful launch and implementation in three pilot districts, the local government in Sindh is now all set to take over the digital birth registration project and scale it across … Read more

PTCL Group marks International Day of persons with disabilities

PTCL

KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited Group, PTCL and Ufone, has successfully concluded its flagship “Justuju Internship Programme”, an exclusive development programme for persons with disabilities to mark the International Day of persons with disabilities, falling on December 3, a statement said. The PTCL Group, in collaboration with the Network of Organizations Working with Persons … Read more

Mastercard, LMKR to simplify commuter experience

Mastercard

KARACHI: Mastercard has announced a strategic partnership with LMK Resources Pakistan (Private) Limited (LMKR) to oversee the deployment of the country’s first open-loop transit payment solution, a statement said The collaboration will enable commuters to top-up and pay their transit fares simply by using their debit and credit cards or digital wallets, eliminating the need … Read more

Pakistan shifts focus from geopolitics to geoeconomics: Qureshi

Geopolitics to geoeconomics

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has shifted its focus from geopolitics to geo-economics and the government sought to transform the country into a progressive and an economically vibrant state through development partnerships, connectivity and regional peace. Addressing the opening session of the high-level conference on “Pakistan-China at 70: A unique bilateral partnership”, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said … Read more