Technology & Telecom Correspondent

Faraz Durrani

Stories by Faraz Durrani

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A long-exposure night view of the Blue Area commercial district in Islamabad, with lit office buildings and light trails along a central avenue.

PM Shehbaz inaugurates Daanish IT Park, Pakistan's first national technology park

PM Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated Pakistan's first national technology park in Islamabad on 10 October, renaming it Daanish IT Park and promising open bidding for its operator.

A view of Shahra-e-Dastoor in Islamabad with the federal government district's broad central reservation lined by trees and framed by Pakistan's official buildings.

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PM Shehbaz orders federal ministries to feed Pakistan's central data centre

PM Shehbaz Sharif on 8 October 2026 ordered federal ministries to send digitised data to Pakistan's national central data centre under the Digital Nation Programme.

Panoramic view of the Jakarta city skyline seen from the Grand Indonesia area, with high-rise towers along a wide thoroughfare under a partly cloudy sky.

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Pakistani organisations win 11 awards at ASOCIO Digital & AI Summit in Jakarta

Eleven Pakistani organisations, led by KPITB and including nominees in cybersecurity, public-good and manufacturing AI, won recognition at the 6 October Jakarta summit.

Abu Dhabi skyline with modern high-rise towers along the corniche, viewed from Saadiyat Island under a partly hazy sky.

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Pakistan Pavilion opens at AI Everything Global 2026 in Abu Dhabi as IT exports to UAE jump 42% to $536m

Pakistan's PSEB-organised pavilion at the two-day AI Everything Global 2026 in Abu Dhabi opened on 6 October; officials say IT exports to the UAE rose 42% to $536m in FY26.

A young girl holding a smartphone and looking down at its screen

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Lahore High Court summons attorney general over under-16 social media ban

The Lahore High Court has summoned the attorney general over a petition to ban social media for under-16s, while Pakistan's telecoms regulator says it lacks age-check powers.

Daytime view of Karachi's I. I. Chundrigar Road skyline, showing the MCB Tower on the right and the Habib Bank Plaza on the left

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Pakistan's digital creators press FBR for a fairer tax regime on social-media earnings

Pakistani content creators and influencers have asked the FBR to review the 2026 withholding-tax regime on social-media earnings, calling it punitive on creators with high costs.

Daytime skyline of high-rise buildings and streets along Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad's Blue Area, the federal government business district, photographed on 13 May 2021.

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Pakistan's science ministry asks cabinet to drop auto standards rivals from ministries

Pakistan's Ministry of Science and Technology has asked the ECC to drop auto standards rules that duplicate PSQCA's mandate.

People using smartphones while walking, viewed from above in an urban setting

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Pakistan 4G download nudges up to 18.9 Mbps as Opensignal video score drops

Opensignal's Pakistan Q2 2026 Mobile Network Experience report puts national 4G download at 18.9 Mbps with premium phones hitting 31.3 Mbps; video score fell to 37.53.

A brightly lit Huawei exhibition booth at the IFA 2018 trade show in Berlin, with the company name on a large display and visitors visible behind a barrier

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Pakistan asks Huawei to set up R&D centre, citing GSC as proof of ICT exports push

IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja told Huawei Pakistan on 28 September to consider an R&D centre in Pakistan, highlighting the GSC as a model of exports without shipping containers.

Rear view of China's Tiangong space station, with its cylindrical modules in a horizontal row and solar arrays extending to both sides against black space

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Pakistan's first astronaut nears selection as Tiangong training advances

Two Pakistani pilots are training in Beijing for a roughly week-long Tiangong mission, with Suparco expecting to choose which one will fly in mid-to-late October.

Three people at a railway station, each looking down at a smartphone held in one hand

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Senate forms subcommittee to probe alleged Jazz overcharging

Pakistan's Senate IT committee has formed a subcommittee to probe audit claims that Jazz overcharged customers by billions of rupees, a finding the regulator disputes.

School students working at computers during a coding lesson in a classroom

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Punjab approves new school curriculum with AI education from Class 1

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz approved a new school curriculum on 24 September that adds AI education from Class 1 to 12 and cuts textbook volume by 25 per cent.