ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) MoIT has successfully conducted a final “Stakeholders Consultation” event to review the draft National IT Policy on 27th October, 2016 here at Islamabad today. It was an interactive session where salient features of this proposed policy document were discussed extensively. Minister of State for ITRead More →

LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT ) Dr. Umar Saif, Chairman Punjab IT Board, launched the first draft of Punjab IT Policy 2016 for public consultation at the 3rd PITB Roundtable. The Round Table Conference was organised by TechHub Connect (a project of Punjab Information Technology Board), with more than 120 top executives, start-ups andRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Given the growing trends of Information Technology, it has become imperative to reformulate the National IT policy to take into account the transformative fundamentals of technology and its eco-system centered on digitization. With this in mind, Ministry of IT & Telecom (MoITT) endeavored to draftRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh leading the delegation of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, had elaborate briefing on various programs of the Ministry of IT&T here in Islamabad today. Minister of State for IT&T and Secretary IT received the honorable guest. Mr Ghazaleh was apprised by the Minister thatRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Chairman Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization Dr.Talal Abu- Ghazaleh called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at PM House today. The Prime Minister while appreciating the visit of Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh to Pakistan acknowledged the substantial contributions and achievements of the Chairman, and role of his professionalRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( PRESS RELEASE ) Following the establishment of a Gold Channel Partner relationship between COMSATS Internet Services (CIS) and PKNIC, Pakistan’s official .PK Country Code Top-level Domain authority & operator, PKNIC and CIS have mutually agreed to place additional mirror servers of the authoritative root DNS server in theRead More →

Nokia’s universal next generation PON approach combines different technologies on a single fiber, maximizing the use of SK Broadband’s fiber investment Aggregate speeds of 52.5 Gigabits per second (Gbps) reached for selected SK Broadband customers Seoul, South Korea ( PRESS RELEASE )  Nokia and SK Broadband have provided the fastest fiber accessRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Intel Security today launched its 2017 consumer security lineup featuring security innovations to better protect the devices people use every day against the latest threats. The centerpiece of the new portfolio is a next-generation anti-malware engine that offers more efficient and effective detection by offloadingRead More →

KARACHI/OSLO ( BMZ REPORT ) Telenor Group today released the results of a pilot online survey across six nations in Asia,including Pakistan, assessing millennials’ attitudes about their future career, technology’s impact and the skills they need to be best prepared for the jobs of tomorrow. The results indicate that Pakistan’sRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( By Parvez Iftikhar ) Listening to presentations and being part of panel discussions, while moderating ‘ITCN Asia 2016’ in Karachi last week, was pretty interesting. The theme was “ICT4Pakistan” (ICT for Pakistan), which had four sessions – ICT4Health, ICT4Education, ICT4Governnance and ICT4Agriculture. In each session, the presenters andRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT )  “Digital Pakistan” is the ambition of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to automate government and make it more efficient. This took a large step to realization as National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) under the guidance of Ministry of IT & Telecom established a cutting edge cloud based National DataRead More →