Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has inaugurated Islamabad's National Technology Park, renaming it the Daanish IT Park. The facility's management will go to a company selected through transparent bidding, with more technology parks planned across the country.
TECNO is bringing the POVA back to Pakistan after more than two years, with the POVA Curve 2 5G set to launch on October 15 as a slim, curved 5G phone built around a 'Beauty and Beast' theme.
Infino AI, co-founded by Pakistani-origin search veteran Asif Makhani, has emerged from stealth with a $7.5 million seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners to build a unified retrieval layer for AI agents.
Pakistan's startups raised $74.7 million in Q3 2026 — nearly five times last year's total — but stablecoin neobank Fasset accounted for 91% of it after closing a $68 million round at a $1 billion valuation.
A new report by Greece-based publication Geopolitico says Chinese technology companies, led by Huawei, have embedded themselves across Pakistan's telecom, cloud computing, smart-city and artificial-intelligence sectors, raising concerns about long-term dependence and national digital sovereignty.
Punjab University will inaugurate a Human-Centered AI Laboratory on October 7, built in cooperation with Türkiye's TIKA and its Ministry of Culture and Tourism, giving researchers from both countries shared computing infrastructure for AI research.
Punjab's environment department has proposed a $15 million green finance project that would back more than 800 women-led startups, train 3,200 women, and create over 12,000 green jobs under the World Bank's partnership framework for Pakistan.
The State Bank of Pakistan has opened applications for the second cohort of its Regulatory Sandbox, inviting fintechs and startups to test AI-driven financial services, payment innovations and remittance solutions in a controlled environment by November 30, 2026.
The Federal Board of Revenue has expanded AI-based monitoring of tax returns to Tax Year 2026 filings, cross-matching declarations against property, banking and vehicle records after a successful pilot.
PTA data shows local plants assembled 18.66 million mobile handsets in the first eight months of 2026 — nearly seven times the 2.74 million devices imported commercially.
ChipXPRT, a semiconductor chip design startup spun off from NUST SEECS, has secured a PKR 50 million seed investment from Matracon Pakistan Private Limited. The signing ceremony was held at the National Science and Technology Park at NUST in Islamabad.
Pakistan's National CERT has ordered all provincial and sectoral CERTs to have Cyber Security Operations Centres running by November and integrate them with the National Security Operations Centre, pulling banks, universities, aviation and even the space sector into one coordinated defence network.
Pakistani robotics data startup World Context hosted its first hackathon at UC Berkeley, bringing 13 teams together to build robot-training projects from real-world factory data as part of a push to deepen Pakistan–US tech ties.
Pakistani-born founder Muhammad Sameen ul Hassan's BailSync has raised $2 million to bring AI-driven automation to the US bail bond and surety industry, a market still running largely on paperwork.
The Standard Chartered Foundation has awarded PKR 10.5 million in equity-free grants to three women-led startups — EV Square, Blusha App and Zvolta — at the graduation ceremony of the eighth Women in Tech Accelerator cohort in Karachi.
QistBazaar has raised Rs500 million in Pakistan's largest e-commerce sukuk through the Sukuk Central platform, a landmark deal for the country's Islamic fintech and buy-now-pay-later sector.
Punjab will add 34 new E-Rozgar centres, taking the total to 160 across all 41 districts, funded by a Rs1.7 billion cabinet-approved package aimed at creating 100,000 new freelancing jobs.
Pak Telecom Mobile Limited has acquired 5G spectrum in the PTA auction, with phased services starting in major cities — and the pending Telenor merger could create a combined operator serving more than 70 million customers.
The easypaisa app will come pre-installed on more than five million new Transsion smartphones — Infinix, TECNO and itel — in a push to bring digital banking to first-time users across Pakistan.
EBANX will begin operations in Pakistan in the first half of 2027, supporting JazzCash and Easypaisa first and adding Raast later, betting on a market where e-commerce spending is projected to grow 22 percent a year through 2030.
The Standard Chartered Foundation has awarded PKR 10.5 million in equity-free grants to three women-led startups — EV Square, Blusha App, and Zvolta — at the graduation ceremony of the eighth Women in Tech Accelerator cohort in Karachi.
The 28th edition of ITCN Asia opened at the Expo Centre Karachi on Tuesday, with more than 850 booths, 75,000 expected visitors, and the Special Investment Facilitation Council throwing its weight behind the country's largest technology exhibition.
Fin.com, the payments startup founded by Pakistani-born entrepreneurs, has raised $20 million. The company plans to expand across South Asia with new products for SMEs.
Pakistan and the United States have launched the Innovation Hive in Islamabad, a new startup incubator and co-working space linking Pakistani entrepreneurs with American mentors, investors and markets.
Mashreq Pakistan has become the country's first newly launched digital bank to offer the complete set of Raast services, including person-to-merchant QR payments for shops and businesses.
Pakistan-founded Edversity has announced a strategic investment from Rapidev Group, revealed at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh, to scale its AI-powered tech education platform and expand internationally.
Pakistan's 5G deployment is picking up speed: Karachi's operational sites have more than tripled since July, Jazz has crossed 1,000 sites across 10 cities, and operators say there will be no price premium at launch.
Pakistan's technology exports continued their record run as IT and telecom services earnings reached $811 million in July and August, up 17.4% from the same period last year, according to official data.
Pakistan has launched the Quantum Valley initiative with Plug and Play and Cambridge Innovation Center to connect local startups with global markets — part of the broader Uraan Pakistan programme.
Pakistan’s telecom sector is facing significant developments as the government prepares a new telecommunications bill while mobile users continue to experience higher call and data package prices. The PTA has reported tariff increases of up to 22% over the past year.
Punjab is seeking to attract Chinese investment in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies as part of efforts to strengthen innovation, digital infrastructure, and the province's technology ecosystem.
Zindigi and DAT AI Systems have signed a partnership aimed at advancing digital solutions and exploring technology-driven services for businesses and customers.
Pakistan is strengthening its approach to virtual assets and cryptocurrency regulation, signaling a move toward a more structured and secure digital financial ecosystem.
Pakistan has formally announced a comprehensive acceleration of its digital economy, underpinned by strategic global partnerships, landmark policy reforms, and record-breaking growth in its technology sector
Punjab has fully integrated public-transport route permits with digital third-party insurance verification, requiring operators to maintain valid coverage before permits can be issued or renewed.
Karachi's Jinnah International Airport will launch a fully digital system for collecting Cargo Throughput Charges on August 27, replacing paper-based procedures with electronic payments, automated document verification and real-time tracking.
Pakistan is exploring a digitally native sovereign note that could be issued on regulated blockchain infrastructure, as the country accelerates efforts to modernize financial markets, expand digital assets and harness artificial intelligence.