Racist technology
Face recognition technology may sound futuristic, or perhaps too abstract to seem harmful. But we are already living in a reality in which face recognition and other forms of biometric…
Focus on use of latest technology in higher education stressed
Extensive use of the latest technology is a key element of restructuring the higher education sector which focuses on the changes necessary due to the circumstances, higher education faces due…
Data services
No national policy can be comprehensive and durable unless backed by robust data derived from reliable sources and made available in z timely manner to policy managers. Pertinent to mention…
SECP accelerates technology-driven solutions
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) conducted an online survey to obtain feedback about its services delivery and to seek out suggestions from its stakeholders. Though an…
Financial institutions: A framework for technology governance
State Bank of Pakistan released its "Enterprise Technology Governance & Risk Management Framework for Financial Institutions" at the end of May 2017 and expressed its desire that all FIs to…
Investment in science and technology: The new national Imperative
Despite its immense potential, science and technology (s&t) sector of Pakistan has continued to suffer from the inadvertence of policymakers. We can no longer afford to treat the sector as…
Russia’s hackers long tied to military, secret services
During the Soviet era, the country's top computer scientists and programmers largely worked for the secret services. That practice appears to have resumed under President Vladimir Putin, as Russia faces…
Border control, management: utilization of technology
Pakistan faces border issues with Afghanistan and, to some extent, with Iran. Peaceful and secure borders between nations can ensure uninterrupted connectivity and trade that could lead to security and…
The dharna technology
Bloody, violent and effective – the latest dharna has achieved what the last three dharnas were unable to accomplish. All these achievements would not be possible had dharna technology not…
Effective digital services
Hundreds of thousands of people were unable to collect their pensions and suffered as a result when the National Bank of Pakistan’s online computer system broke down right before Eid.…
