Technology
Pakistan launches ‘revolutionary’ contactless biometric verification for banking
ISLAMABAD – The National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) have…
‘Digital road freight’ – Pakistan’s Truck It In startup raises $3 million in extended seed round
KARACHI – Truck It In, a Karachi-based tech startup that aims at making freight movement…
WhatsApp to introduce new feature to hide ‘last seen’ from specific contacts
WhatsApp is making some slight adjustments to its privacy settings that will make disabling privacy…
Pakistan to launch 5G by 2023
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom wants to roll out 5G in Pakistan by…
Pakistan’s influencer marketing startup Walee raises $2.7 million in seed funding
KARACHI – Walee, an Islamabad-based influencer network, has raised $2.7 million in seed funding from…
‘PAK-ID Mobile App’ – Pakistan becomes world’s ‘first country’ to introduce ID technology
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday inaugurated PAK-ID mobile application, developed by the…
China’s new weapon downs aircraft with powerful electromagnetic pulse
An advanced weapon developed by Chinese scientists took down an unmanned aircraft with a powerful…
Covid-19: Pakistan develops mobile app to protect emotional health of frontline workers
ISLAMABAD – The Ministry of Planning and Development announced on Monday that it would soon…
Taliban related content banned on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram
Social media giant Facebook imposed a ban on all content supporting the Taliban, which has…
PTA gives go-ahead for Samsung smartphones’ manufacturing in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD – In accordance with Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) Regulations 2021, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority…
