Technology & Telecom Correspondent

Faraz Durrani

Stories by Faraz Durrani

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A straight-on view of the empty United Nations Security Council chamber in New York, with its curved rows of delegates' seats, the long table and the Per Krohg mural on the far wall

Pakistan tells UN Security Council unregulated AI risks widening global inequality

Pakistan warned the UN Security Council on 23 September that unregulated artificial intelligence could widen global inequality and threaten peace, setting out a five-point position

A row of workstations in a call centre, with employees seated at computers wearing headsets

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

NCCIA detains 212 in raids on three illegal call centres in Islamabad

Pakistan's cybercrime agency detained 212 people in raids on three illegal call centres in Islamabad, seizing devices in a probe into an India-Brazil-linked fraud network.

A view of Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad looking north from the Faisal Mosque, with the city's commercial buildings stretching along the road

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan and US open 'Innovation Hive' in Islamabad to connect startups to American market

IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja and US envoy Natalie Baker inaugurated the USEFP Innovation Hive in Islamabad to link startups with American mentors and investors.

Sailors monitoring computer screens at the U.S. Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command in Norfolk, Virginia, in 2008

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan bars officials from feeding sensitive data to public AI tools under new cyber handbook

Pakistan's National Cyber Security Handbook 2026-27 bars government employees from uploading classified documents and other sensitive data to public AI tools.

Rows of black server cabinets beneath bundled overhead cables in a computing facility

International — World / Technology & Telecom

Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 makes frontier AI cheaper—but keeps its riskiest capabilities gated

Anthropic’s paired model release lowers the cost of long-running AI work while preserving stricter access controls for cyber and biology capabilities.

A pair of hands holds open a green Pakistani national identity card beside a printed seed voucher.

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

NADRA launches chipless QR-based national identity card

NADRA has introduced a chipless national identity card with a secure QR code, made in Pakistan, replacing the imported microchip used for 14 years.

A mosaic of the Moon's south polar region showing heavily cratered grey terrain.

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan names its first lunar rover 'Jinnah-1' for 2029 Moon mission

Suparco said the name was chosen from about 4,000 entries in a nationwide contest; the rover will fly aboard China's Chang'e-8 mission to the lunar south pole.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaking at an official event in 2024.

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Shehbaz inaugurates Pakistan's first AI-ready data centre

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif opened the Sky47 AI cloud and data centre in Rawalpindi on 24 July 2026, calling it a step towards a forward-looking Pakistan.

Islamic scholar Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani at a conference in London in 2016.

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan crypto regulator meets cleric Taqi Usmani over Shariah fatwa

The head of Pakistan's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority met Mufti Taqi Usmani after a fatwa questioned the Shariah legitimacy of cryptocurrency transactions.

The Blue Area business district skyline in Islamabad, seen along Jinnah Avenue.

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan signs startup LoI with Silicon Valley's Plug and Play

Pakistan signed a Letter of Intent with Plug and Play Tech Center to accelerate up to 300 university startups and open offices in Islamabad and Karachi.

The Telenor Pakistan office building in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Telenor Pakistan ceases to exist as Ufone merger clears final court approval

Telenor Pakistan was formally amalgamated into Pak Telecom Mobile Limited on 1 July after the Islamabad High Court granted final statutory approval.

Front cover of Pakistan's biometric e-passport bearing the national emblem.

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan to phase out machine-readable passports for e-passports

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced Pakistan will fully switch to e-passports, alongside cashless passport payments from July and home delivery.