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Google Opens Its First Office in Pakistan: What It Means for Digital Nation Pakistan
Global technology companies have served Pakistan from offices in other countries for years. On 18 August, Google stopped doing that.
The National Digital Agenda Reaches Sindh
A national digital agenda is only as strong as the provinces that implement it.
Setting the Roadmap for Digital Intellectual Property Services
Pakistan's intellectual property ecosystem protects the ideas its economy is built on, and strengthening it now means rebuilding how those protections are delivered.
Sovereign Al is a Question of Infrastructure
Sovereignty over data is easy to declare and difficult to build. The declaration is a legal position; the building is infrastructure.
From Fragmentation to Federation
Dr. Sohail Munir, Chairperson, Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA), met Jam Kamal Khan, Federal Minister for Commerce, for a focused consultation on the
Dr. Muhammad Salman, CEO, National Institutes of Health, calls on PDA
Dr. Muhammad Salman, Chief Executive Officer, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Islamabad, called on the Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA) at PDA He
Turkish Delegation Visits PDA to Share Two Decades of Digital Health Experience
The fastest way to build something is to sit with people who have already built it.
Pakistan’s Health Sector Sets Its Digital Priorities
Health is where citizens feel digital transformation most directly, and where disconnected systems cost them most.
A Chip Falls Out, and Pakistan's Digital Identity Grows Up
NADRA retires the microchip. The new national identity card carries a QR code instead, readable by any smartphone through the PakID app.
Building the Infrastructure for Pakistan’s Digital Economy
Finance Minister and Chairperson PDA discuss digital finance, capital market integration and tokenisation.
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Visits PDA
PDA Hosts QASMS Students for Digital Transformation Learning Session
PDA meets TikTok on Online Safety and AI Governance
Digital governance needs to reach young Pakistanis where they spend most of their time, or it does not reach them at all.
The Digital Sectoral Plan for Healthcare Comes to Peshawar
Digital Sectoral Plan for Healthcare: Healthcare Facilities and Health Financing & Protection Workshop held in Peshawar
PDA Meets with WHO Pakistan to Discuss the Digital Health Sector Plan
Digital health is not a matter of simply putting hospitals online. Since health is one of the most critical sectors, the governance has to be built before the systems are.
PDA and Health Services Academy Explore Collaboration on Digital Health
A digital health system can see further than any single clinician, but it takes research and trained people to turn that into better care and give the right direction.
Consultations concluded on the National Data Governance Policy 2026
The National Data Governance Policy 2026 has moved from draft to final stage.
PDA Meets Sindh's Health Minister on the Digital Sectoral Plan for Healthcare
Pakistan's digital health transformation runs through its provinces as much as its federal institutions.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Puts Digital Identity at the Centre of Pakistan's Digital Vision
One digital identity, opening every public service. That is the direction the Prime Minister has set for Pakistan.
Building Pakistan's AI Capability
Pakistan's AI capability is ours to build together. PDA lays the rails and the industry builds on them.
PDA Enables, Provinces Deliver
Digital transformation is a federal blueprint and a provincial reality. It is necessary for both federal and provincial governments to be in the room for the national digital agenda to be delivered.
Advancing Pakistan's Digital Public Infrastructure
Digital public infrastructure begins with identity. Every service a citizen uses, every payment they make and every credential they hold rests on the state being able to identify them.
Digital Health in Pakistan: What the Sectoral Plan Workshops Are Building
Most national strategies are written first and consulted second. The Digital Sectoral Plan for the Healthcare Sector is being built the other way round.
PDA hosts Tabadlab to discuss policy-led digital transformation
Digital public infrastructure is as much a question of policy as it is of technology.
Working towards a sovereign digital backbone
The Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA) and the National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) are deepening their strategic partnership to advance sovereign digital infrastructure across Pakistan.
Meta Visits the Pakistan Digital Authority
Pakistan Digital Authority and Meta Discuss Digital Safety, AI, and Digital Public Infrastructure
Shaping the Future of Media: Dr. Sohail Discusses Truth as Infrastructure
In an age where anything can be faked, the onus of establishing the truth rests as much on a nation's digital infrastructure as on its newsrooms.
Exploring Collaboration on Digital Health, Social Protection, & Digital Public Infrastructure
Meaningful discussions between the Gates Foundation and Pakistan Digital Authority
Building a Trusted Data Foundation
A digital state is only as reliable as the data it runs on.
The Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025: The Law That is Redesigning the Way Citizens Deal With the State
A guide to the law behind the Pakistan Digital Authority
PDA Meets Fauji Group of Companies to Advance Pakistan’s Digital Transformation
Building Strategic Partnerships for Digital Public Infrastructure
PDA Welcomes Provincial Partners
Pakistan's digital transformation runs through its provinces as much as its federal institutions.
PDA Hosts Capt. (Retd.) Muhammad Asif, Managing Director of the Printing Corporation of Pakistan
The Digital Gazette of Pakistan is bringing the nation's official record online.
Pakistan Digital Authority meets Punjab Socio-Economic Registry leadership to align on data governance, interoperability, and consent-based exchange through WASL.
Better public services begin with better data governance.
PDA and NTC explore collaboration on Pakistan's sovereign digital infrastructure
Digital sovereignty won’t be won with just policy statements. It is built one piece of core infrastructure at a time.
Collaboration at the Core: NA Standing Committee Chairman Syed Amin Ul Haque meets PDA Chairman to Discuss Digital Transformation Priorities
The hardest part of PDA’s digital transformation journey isn’t just the technology; it’s making coordinated efforts to ensure the right institutions talk to each other at the right time.
PVARA Chairman Bilal Bin Saqib meets PDA Chairman, Dr. Sohail Munir, to Discuss Institutional Collaboration
Pakistan’s digital economy and its virtual assets sector are often treated as if they belong to different domains. While one concerns national infrastructure and governance, the other concerns regulation and financial innovation. However, they share the same goal: a resilient, innovation-driven digital Pakistan.
Pakistan Digital Authority to Oversee the Country’s First National Data Governance Policy
Pakistan has taken a significant step in its digital transformation journey with the proposed National Data Governance Policy 2026, developed by the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication.
A National Digital System for Identifying Property Moves a Step Ahead
The Surveyor General of Pakistan and the Chairman of the Pakistan Digital Authority met for a landmark meeting to discuss the National Property Identification Framework, a unique property identification system, and shared geospatial standards for the country.
Pakistan Digital Authority Presents Digital Nation Framework And AI Governance At Civil Services Academy
While we are building the digital infrastructure of the country, it is important to also develop the capability to use it, one cohort at a time.
Pakistan Digital Authority Signs Strategic MoU with The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi to Advance Digital Sovereignty and Innovation
Two-Year Collaboration to Strengthen Digital Public Services, Education, and Blockchain-Enabled Government Solutions
DIFC’s Dubai FinTech Summit expands globally with Pakistan Digital Authority
First international expansion of Dubai FinTech Summit will be held in partnership with Pakistan Digital Authority on 18 and 19 August 2026
Pakistan Digital Authority and DFINITY Partner for Sovereign Cloud Infrastructure and AI Software Systems
Agreement establishes Pakistan Subnet of Internet Computer Platform (ICP), supports tamper‑proof digital infrastructure, enables local AI‑native software development and pilots national messenger app
Pakistan Adopts the Islamabad AI Declaration and Establishes Its Sovereign AI Position
On 9 February 2026, Pakistan took a landmark step by formally adopting the Islamabad AI Declaration on sovereign, responsible, and capability-driven artificial intelligence.
External coverage of the Pakistan Digital Authority.