The government plans to launch its own WhatsApp-like messaging app, Smart Office, by June 2021 which will include all modern communication features besides announcing to expedite work on finalizing Personal Data Protection Bill. The Ministry of Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunication on Friday quoting federal minister Amin ul Haque said that the ‘Smart Office’ app will be launched by the …

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA)will implement the government-recommended e-commerce regulatory framework. The move will promote the establishment of digital platforms for SMEs and facilitate access to online markets, both at local and international levels. Addressing a joint meeting of SMEDA and the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) officials, SMEDA CEO, Hashim Raza, briefed the TDAP team …

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has asked the investors, businessmen, chambers, and trade bodies to submit income tax budget proposals for 2021-22 by February 15, 2021, covering areas of broadening the tax base; ease of doing business; withdrawal of tax concessions and exemptions and removal of tax distortions and anomalies. In this connection, the FBR has written letters to …

Artistic Milliners, a Pakistani textile company and producer of renowned global brands, has acquired a denim factory in Commerce, California. The Pakistani company plans to invest in the facility and grow the business into a state-of-the-art design and production hub based on Supply Chain 4.0 principles and 360 design development solutions. The new factory expands Artistic Milliners’ global footprint and …

Despite Facebook’s claims that WhatsApp’s security is in a much better place than it was during the same time last year, the company faced another rather embarrassing privacy breach. On Sunday, invite links to private WhatsApp messaging groups as well as some user profiles were indexed by Google. As a result, the information started appearing in Google search results meaning …

The government has formulated an IT Exports Strategy Model based on six pillars including ease of doing business and cost factors. The model and infrastructure are in line with the changing technologies and market conditions to ensure holistic growth of the IT sector. This was revealed during a meeting chaired by the Federal Secretary Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication …

Raast is Pakistan’s first instant payment system that will enable end-to-end digital payments among individuals, businesses, and government entities, instantaneously. This state-of-the-art payment system will be used to settle small-value retail payments in real-time while at the same time provide cheap, and universal access to all players in the financial industry, including banks and fin-techs. Pakistan has had low electronic …

If there’s anything positive that the Covid-19 pandemic has achieved, it is the spurring of digitization across sectors. While the most skeptic of Pakistanis finally build their trust in the digital or online world, the latter has got a rare opportunity to grow and mature too. This swift digital shift has inevitably caused a spike in digital transactions and payments …

The federal government has decided to develop a world-class social networking application for the public. According to details, the application will include different features including messages, voice calls, and video calls. ALSO READ Japanese Agency Selects 10 Startups from Pakistan While speaking with a media outlet, Federal Minister for IT and Telecom, Syed Amin-ul-Haque, said that the IT Ministry will …

Google has been working to add call recording to its phone app for a while and some regions already have it. According to a new report from 9to5Google, the phone app will be able to record all calls soon, even from unsaved numbers. Folks over at 9to5Google have decompiled the latest version of the Google phone app and have uncovered some …

Coworking Spaces are the new office spaces that companies from small startups to huge organizations opt for their work. The spaces are generally equipped with all the basic necessities of offices and the works of the society. Changing the things in the world with their ultimate resources and the availability of people that can work for the socialization with the …

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The fintech company, Avanza Premier Payment Services (APPS), has partnered with one of Pakistan’s leading e-commerce marketplaces, Telemart, to enable its customers to pay online with APPS’ robust payment gateway, PayFast. Approved for Pilot Operations by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), PayFast empowers multi-instrument acceptance of Scheme Cards, Mobile Wallets, and Bank Account Numbers. They address merchant pain points …

Federal government has launched a national job portal to help the unemployed especially the young people to find employability in the public sector. The job portal – njp.gov.pk is aimed for job seekers from all over the country, to get a job in public sector. National Job Portal (NJP) is among the major initiatives of the current Government of PAKISTAN, …

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has guided the insurance policyholders across Pakistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) to file their complaints or grievances against the insurance company, agent, or bank representative regarding insurance policy directly with the relevant insurance company. This has been highlighted by the SECP through Circular no 27 of 2020 (Awareness among policyholders …

Google Maps has had a sort of spotty relationship with the Apple Watch over the years. Google first shipped a Watch-friendly build of Maps back in September of 2015, just months after the Apple Watch first hit the shelves. In 2017, however, Google nixed Map’s Watch support with little more than a suggestion that it’d be back… eventually. Google didn’t …

Quick, what was the first portable gaming system Nintendo made? If you said “Game Boy”… solid guess, but not quite. For nearly a decade before Nintendo released that iconic gray beast, it was making the Game & Watch — a collection of handheld devices, each dedicated to playing just one or two simple games and, occasionally, doubling as a clock. …

The federal government has decided to raise the matter of sale tax on information technology export revenue in Sindh as IT industries/companies are moving to other provinces. Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-Ul- Haque while chairing the 7th meeting of the Prime Minister’s Taskforce on IT and Telecom stated that he will soon meet Chief Minister Sindh …

Kevin Mayer, known for his role as the president of TikTok’s US operations, has left the company on account of the ongoing political turmoil. Since the past month, Trump administration has been forcing ByteDance to sell the US operations of TikTok to any of the interested US companies. Amidst all this, Mayer believes that the global role he took on …

Airschool has announced a 4 weeks long course on public speaking for students and professionals who want to learn the art of public speaking through a complete guide based on instructions and practice; to add influence to the words you speak! The course is conducted by Bilal Khiyani. He is a certified digital marketer and consultant in Pakistan. The course …