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Pakistan's AI sits inside the state — a faceless tax audit system at the FBR, a threat-assessment centre in Punjab — with the National AI Policy approved in July 2025.
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The Federal Board of Revenue is building an AI-based 'faceless' audit system, and Punjab has opened a threat-assessment centre issuing district alerts.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan17 Oct 2026
Pakistan's competition watchdog readies an AI system to catch bid rigging
Competition Commission of Pakistan — The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has taken the Bid-Rigging Detection System to pre-deployment, applying AI cartel detection to state tenders instead of waiting for complaints or reading bids by hand. Implementation is agreed with the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority, provincial procurement authorities and the SECP. That tender-rigging screening would watch public spending estimated at $60 billion a year.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorPakistan19 Sep 2026
Pakistan bars officials from feeding classified data to public AI tools
National Cyber Emergency Response Team (PKCERT) — Pakistan's National Cyber Emergency Response Team has shut officials out of feeding public AI tools any classified paper, work email, software code or citizen record, a Pakistan AI policy set in the National Cybersecurity Handbook 2026-27. Only departmentally approved tools may be touched, names stripped from prompts and files, and slips reported to departmental IT or cybersecurity teams. The public sector AI restrictions also bar handing passwords, administrative logins or API keys, and unapproved AI add-ons.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan8 Sep 2026
Pakistan's Election Commission will set up an AI wing by December
Election Commission of Pakistan — Pakistan's Election Commission will launch an artificial intelligence wing for internal technical support, part of a broader AI in election administration drive, alongside a fully digital E-Office system due by December 2026. Sikandar Sultan Raja has set 15 October 2026 as the deadline for all wings to complete E-Office training — one step in the commission's electoral body automation. A new interactive public site was also approved.
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorPakistan7 Sep 2026
Pakistan's higher education regulator trains 400 faculty in AI
Higher Education Commission Pakistan — Pakistan's National Academy of Higher Education, part of the Higher Education Commission, has put around 400 public-university lecturers and assistant professors through two AI training cohorts, 332 and about 64. The AI Literacy for Educators programme spanned generative AI, large language models and machine learning plus discipline uses in research, data analytics, banking, business and healthcare. Managing director Noor Amna Malik says AI is fast reshaping how knowledge is taught, researched, created, applied and assessed.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan5 Sep 2026
Punjab opens an AI threat-assessment centre for district alerts
Government of Punjab — Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif opened the Provincial Intelligence Fusion and Threat Assessment Centre in Lahore and e-launched AI Hub Punjab, which she calls Pakistan's first provincial AI hub. The centre combines intelligence from multiple agencies and alerts district coordination committees digitally, catching problems before becoming major incidents.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan5 Sep 2026
NADRA moves three million pensioners onto AI face verification
National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) — More than three million Pakistani retirees now confirm pension eligibility through AI face verification pensioners technology instead of fingerprint scans, under a newly activated National Pensioners Verification System run by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). Coverage spans federal, provincial, military and autonomous-institution pension schemes, targeting older and disabled claimants whose worn prints routinely defeated fingerprint readers, with Pakistan's Prime Minister launching the system on 20 August 2026. Each successful scan triggers an automatic digital Proof-of-Life Certificate, logged straight into the Pension Controller Register System without manual paperwork. This marks a shift toward facial biometrics for pension verification across Pakistan's public retirement system.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorPakistan15 Aug 2026
Punjab launches AI Vision 2029 to become South Asia's AI powerhouse
Government of Punjab — Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has unveiled Punjab AI Vision 2029, an AI policy Pakistan hopes will make the province South Asia's top performer within three years. Six pillars anchor the scheme: a pioneering AI Office and a Delivery Unit officials call the world's first driven by AI-enabled governance. Coverage spans Pakistan's largest province by population, steering artificial intelligence into administration, services and economic growth.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan26 Jul 2026
Pakistan's tax authority builds an AI-based 'faceless' audit system
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) — Pakistan's Federal Board of Revenue has started building an AI-based 'faceless' tax system to spot anomalies and run AI tax audits without taxpayers and officials meeting. The faceless system is framed as part of reforming the revenue authority.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan21 Jul 2026
PM launches AI-based Prime Minister Office System
Prime Minister's Office — Pakistan's federal government logs prime ministerial directives through the Prime Minister Office System (PMOS), unveiled by Shehbaz Sharif to demonstrate AI adoption in government. Digital workflows replace paper routines, with instructions monitored centrally. Officials call it the nation's first platform embedding public-sector AI use into governance.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan24 Jun 2026
Pakistan's accountability bureau sets up AI investigation system
National Accountability Bureau — Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau has set up an AI investigation system to support white-collar crime investigations. National Centre of Artificial Intelligence chairman Dr Yasar Ayaz says the platform is built to assist investigators, and it should make investigations more effective once running; the bureau has not reported it in live use.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorPakistan2026-06
Pakistan publishes draft data governance policy with AI rules for government
Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication — Pakistan's draft National Data Governance Policy 2026 gives AI regulation for government agencies its own chapter, now open for public comment through the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication. Systems behind legally significant decisions need explainability, ongoing oversight, human review and openness to the public, each entered into a registry the Pakistan Digital Authority runs. Cabinet approval and gazette notification remain pending, so this AI governance framework is not yet binding.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorPakistan29 Apr 2026
Pakistan's judiciary issues national guidelines for AI in courts
National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee — Pakistan's National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee has issued the National Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Institutions, approved at its 57th meeting. They let AI in the courts help with legal research, document processing, case management and other functions, assisting rather than replacing judicial decision-making and human judgment.
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorPakistan25 Feb 2026
Pakistan launches AI training for 10,000 government officials
Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom — Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom is delivering AI training for government officials, covering 10,000 staff and aiming to lift digital literacy within public institutions. This forms part of the National AI Policy's capacity-building strand, running specialised AI workshops for public sector staff with industry partners.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorPakistan9 Feb 2026
Islamabad AI Declaration on sovereign and responsible AI
Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication — Nine principles frame Islamabad's push for Pakistan AI regulation, unveiled by the Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication at Indus AI Week. Ownership stays local under the Islamabad AI Declaration: private industry drives the work, backed by real capability, public confidence, accountable institutions, sound safeguards and careful delivery, with tangible results for citizens as the test. Any state deployment touching public rights or core government functions has to stay explainable, checkable and matched to the risk involved, forming the backbone of AI policy in Pakistan.
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorPakistan8 Jan 2026
AI 101 module launched at Civil Services Academy for probationary officers
Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication — Pakistan's Civil Services Academy in Islamabad gave 150 probationary officers two-day intensive AI training for civil servants covering fundamentals, prompt engineering and ethical government use. Federal Minister for IT and Telecom Shaza Fatima Khawaja opened the Artificial Intelligence 101 module; training-of-trainers certified 30 faculty members as master trainers. The CSA curriculum formally includes officer AI instruction for all future batches.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan22 Oct 2025
Pakistan Single Window launches AI chatbot Khizer for trade facilitation
Pakistan Single Window — Pakistan Single Window's AI trade facilitation chatbot Khizer gives traders 24/7 real-time help on procedures, regulatory compliance and documentation. Built with Sybrid Private Limited, the AI trade assistant runs on the PSW platform and Trade Information Portal of Pakistan, lessening manual support demand.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan23 Sep 2025
FBR launches Pakistan's first government AI chatbot for taxpayers
Federal Board of Revenue — Pakistan's Federal Board of Revenue now runs a government AI chatbot for taxpayers, live in beta on its website. Powered by generative AI, it gives round-the-clock, tailored answers to tax queries, and FBR calls it the first public-facing AI-enabled taxpayer support tool from any federal or provincial body nationwide. Officials say the goal is modernising citizen facilitation and spreading AI adoption across government departments.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan19 Sep 2025
Lahore Police adopts AI crime prediction system
Lahore Police — Punjab Safe City Authority built 'Punjab Emergency AI', an AI crime prediction system steering Lahore Police toward robbery and theft hotspots and flagging accident-prone zones. DIG Operations Faisal Kamran called it a step toward smarter policing, sharpening patrol deployment, part of Pakistan's push into AI-driven policing.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorPakistan30 Jul 2025
Federal cabinet approves National AI Policy 2025
Government of Pakistan — Pakistan's cabinet has unanimously cleared the National AI Policy 2025, a Pakistan AI policy meant to grow a full artificial intelligence ecosystem nationwide. It targets one million skilled AI professionals by 2030, 1,000 homegrown AI products within five years, 50,000 civic AI projects, and 3,000 yearly scholarships, steered by a new AI Council under a Master Plan and Action Matrix, plus dedicated Innovation and Venture Funds.
Islamabad Capital Territory Police — A roaming, AI-integrated "Police Station-on-Wheels" is now serving Islamabad, fielded by Islamabad Capital Territory Police as Pakistan's first such vehicle and an early instance of AI-powered law enforcement in Pakistan: it can log FIRs, answer emergency calls and hand out services directly on the street. Wired into the Safe City grid's 3,257 cameras, it packs facial recognition, crime mapping, drone links and live monitoring into a single mobile package, a setup some would call AI-integrated policing. Months earlier, a pilot run had already cleared more than 7,000 complaints, and a female citizen lodged the unit's first formal FIR on 22 July, just ahead of the official rollout.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorPakistan24 Jun 2025
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa launches Pakistan's first AI-driven road management system
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's government has stood up RAMS, Pakistan's first AI road management system, built in-house with FCDO-funded SEED programme backing. Damage gets flagged, severity ranked, and a Pavement Condition Index compiled, with output feeding a live GIS dashboard that guides repair scheduling — fresh momentum for AI in road maintenance locally.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorPakistan15 Apr 2023
National AI Task Force for accelerated AI adoption
Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives — A 15-strong panel, the National Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, operates in Pakistan under Ahsan Iqbal to fast-track AI adoption in Pakistan across commerce, administration, schooling, medicine and growth targets. Charting a 10-year plan for these aims is its mandate. Ranks pair specialists with state and firm appointees, backing AI adoption in government.
The Higher Education Commission has trained 400 faculty in AI.
Evidence of adoptionEducation & TrainingPakistan7 Oct 2026
Pakistan's HEC trains university administrators in applied AI
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan — Pakistan's Higher Education Commission (HEC) is holding AI training for university administrators in grades BPS-17 to 19 from 7 to 9 October 2026 at the National Academy of Higher Education, with up to five officers per university. Assistant registrars, controllers and treasurers learn uses in admissions, examinations and records, and more applied-AI upskilling is planned at regional centres in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta.
Evidence of adoptionEducation & TrainingPakistan26 Sep 2026
Punjab launches AI training for 160,000 teachers
Government of Punjab — Punjab's AI Curriculum and Training Initiative will deliver AI training for teachers to 160,000 educators. Ali Dar, adviser on AI to the Chief Minister, unveiled the classroom skills drive; no schedule or cost has been published.
Pakistan launches AI pilot project in federal schools
Federal Directorate of Education — One urban and one rural school in Pakistan have begun trialling grade 8 lessons built around AI in education, through a scheme run by the Federal Directorate of Education alongside technology firm Mind Hive. Machine assistance now supplements standard curriculum delivery, replacing parts of conventional teaching. A positive outcome could justify wider rollout, eventually covering up to 100,000 students.
Sindh launches AI-based online teacher training pilot
Sindh School Education and Literacy Department — 3,500 educators across Dadu, Tando Allahyar, Tharparkar and Umerkot are set to receive AI teacher training via Pakistan's Sindh School Education and Literacy Department, working alongside UNICEF and Khan Academy Pakistan. Across six months, staff will practise using Khanmigo, an AI assistant for lesson plans, materials and pupil engagement, blending live instruction with independent study modules. Authorities call it an unprecedented AI-based teacher training pilot nationally.
BankIslami launches TezRaftar AI consumer finance underwriting system
BankIslami — BankIslami in Pakistan has launched TezRaftar, a Consumer Finance Origination System bringing AI consumer finance underwriting to the bank's full consumer portfolio on one digital workflow. One underwriting framework spans all branches, and the Karachi-based lender says manual review and waiting time fall through automated credit origination.
BankIslami moves consumer lending onto in-house AI underwriting
BankIslami Pakistan — BankIslami has switched on TezRaftar, a home-built platform bringing AI credit underwriting to consumer loan origination. Car, housing, personal and state-scheme lending now share one digital process and branch-wide rules, an automated loan assessment trimming manual checks and delays.
JS Bank launches Pakistan's first AI banking chatbot JSense
JS Bank — JSense arrives as Pakistan's first AI banking chatbot, launched by JS Bank within its mobile app. Round-the-clock coverage spans product help, transaction steps, branch details and account queries, powered by natural language processing — a form of conversational AI in banking.
Faysal Bank introduces i-Faysal AI virtual assistant for customers
Faysal Bank — Faysal Bank's i-Faysal, an AI virtual assistant banking customers use round the clock, handles balances, transactions, bills, transfers and product advice. The lender calls it Pakistan's first such AI-powered customer service assistant, replacing duties once handled by staff.
HBL launches FanTunes generative AI fan engagement for Pakistan Super League
HBL — HBL, Pakistan's largest bank, became the first bank in the country to deploy generative AI fan engagement, launching FanTunes to mark the tenth edition of the Pakistan Super League (HBLPSL). The tool lets supporters create their own personalised tracks using AI-driven music composition, tying the bank's brand to the tournament through an interactive, fan-generated experience. The initiative positions HBL as a pioneer in applying generative AI within Pakistan's banking sector for consumer engagement rather than back-office use.
EBM launches Pakistan's first AI-curated children's YouTube series
EBM — English Biscuit Manufacturers (EBM) debuted Piper Ki Duniya under its Peek Freans Young Pipers' Club banner, billed as Pakistan's first AI-curated children's entertainment offering. Five Ramazan instalments wove narrative with automated selection tools, producing AI-curated kids' content for young viewers.
Zong 4G launches Pakistan's first AI-generated television campaign
Zong 4G — Zong 4G debuted Pakistan's first AI-generated television campaign, built for the ICC Champions Trophy. Machine-generated visuals and narrative replaced conventional production methods for the advert. The result signals wider adoption of AI-powered advertising content across Pakistan's telecom industry.
Cadbury Pakistan launches AI-powered personalised song campaign
Cadbury Pakistan — Fans of pop star Abdul Hannan could remake his track 'Iraadey' into a Valentine's Day message under an AI-powered personalised song campaign from Mondelez Pakistan's Cadbury brand. A gift-box QR code unlocked the generator. The tie-up brought AI-driven audio personalisation to Pakistan's confectionery marketing.
DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesPakistan24 Sep 2025
MedIQ launches Pakistan's first AI suite for physicians and patients
MedIQ Smart Healthcare — MedIQ Smart Healthcare debuted its AI Suite at the Med-AI Health Summit in Islamabad, billed as the nation's first AI-powered assistant serving both physicians and patients. The system pairs an Urdu chatbot with symptom-tracking tools that keep medical history on file and relay it to providers, then points users toward specialists and dosage advice, a clear step forward for AI in healthcare. It stands out as an early digital health assistant tailored to Pakistan.
DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesPakistan23 Jun 2025
Medentec launches Pakistan's first AI dental telehealth platform
Medentec — Medentec debuted Meri Muskan, Pakistan's first AI dental telehealth platform, from Karachi's National Incubation Center. A homegrown model reads uploaded photos and symptom notes to flag oral trouble, then links users to licensed dentists over encrypted video. Prescriptions, records and delivery round out Karachi service, extending dental care access powered by AI.
DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesPakistan5 Mar 2025
Qatar Hospital deploys AI X-ray machine for TB diagnosis
Sindh Government Qatar Hospital — Sindh Government Qatar Hospital in Karachi's Orangi Town now runs the province's first public AI X-ray machine for TB diagnosis, the Rs45 million Cat 4 Integrated system. In five minutes it converts grayscale scans into colour-coded pictures, marking diseased spots in red to catch TB and chest infections, a tuberculosis screening tool built for speed. Around 120 to 150 sufferers visit daily.
Zong brings AI sign-language interpretation to its customer service centres
Zong — Zong has brought AI sign-language interpretation to customer service centres in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, switching on ConnectHear's SILA for Pakistan Sign Language on 23 September 2026, the International Day of Sign Languages. Deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors sort out SIM services, bills and account matters by signing in real time, calling on trained human interpreters whenever nuance demands. Zong treats this as stage one of an accessibility plan, with automated signing due to reach further services.
DeploymentMedia, Telecom & EntertainmentPakistan14 Aug 2025
Discover Pakistan launches world's first fully AI-powered news channel
Discover Pakistan — Discover Pakistan built an AI news channel called Pakistan Today English News, staffing it entirely with synthetic anchors, reporters and analysts instead of human presenters. Machine learning and language-processing systems animate each figure through more than 1,500 facial movements, enabling non-stop 24/7 output from a London base transmitted by satellite across the globe. Marketers describe this synthetic-broadcast approach as the first fully AI-powered English-language channel anywhere.
DeploymentMedia, Telecom & EntertainmentPakistan31 May 2025
92 News introduces Pakistan's first Urdu AI news reporter
92 News — Pakistan's first Urdu AI news reporter went live on broadcaster 92 News, presenting bulletins in the national language to a mainstream television audience. Live updates and pre-written segments both come from the digital anchor, the channel says. The "first-ever" claim remains unverified independently.
Telenor Pakistan runs an Urdu AI voice bot for farmers.
DeploymentAgriculture & FoodPakistan23 Apr 2026
Telenor Pakistan launches Urdu AI voice bot for farmers
Telenor Pakistan — Telenor Pakistan launched Kissan Dost Bashir via its Khushaal Watan agriculture platform, billing it as Pakistan's first conversational AI farm voice bot. Answering in Urdu around the clock via the 7272 helpline and 7272.pk portal, it offers live mandi rates, weather-based crop advice and livestock guidance to farmers facing literacy and connectivity barriers.
China-Pak joint project launches Kisan 360 AI app for Punjab farmers
China-Pakistan Joint Laboratory for Agriculture — About 1,000 growers across Punjab and Islamabad have taken up Kisan 360, an AI-powered farming app from the China-Pakistan Joint Laboratory for Agriculture. Orbital imagery supplies moisture and nitrogen figures to users' phones, and a chatbot tuned on DeepSeek handles their questions, while drones fitted with visual-recognition tech spot pests and gauge plant stress. Both Apple and Android users can download the AI agriculture app.
Telenor Pakistan — Telenor Pakistan built an AI HR assistant chatbot in Microsoft Teams for quick staff answers on HR policies. Shown at its AI Day and AI Expo in Islamabad beside systems for service monitoring and smart energy management, it marks fresh use of AI in HR support.
RegulationLegal & Professional ServicesPakistan11 Apr 2025
Supreme Court issues landmark ruling calling for AI guidelines in courts
Supreme Court of Pakistan — Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah's 18-page opinion for Pakistan's Supreme Court, dated 11 April 2025, demands formal rules covering AI in courts before judges lean further on systems like ChatGPT or DeepSeek. Machines, the bench warned, can widen judicial capacity yet never substitute for human reasoning, discretion and empathy. Drafting duties now fall to the National Judicial Policy Making Committee alongside the Law and Justice Commission, tasked with defining what AI use in the judicial system should look like. Separately, the Federal Judicial Academy's 'Judge-GPT' is already deployed, backing roughly 1,500 district judges.
SCENTS N SECRETS launches AI chatbot on Instagram and Facebook with Shopify
SCENTS N SECRETS — SCENTS N SECRETS, a Pakistani fragrance brand, launched an Agentic AI chatbot in retail service on Instagram and Facebook Messenger, tied to Shopify and Asaan Retail, an instance of Agentic virtual assistants. Week one: 4,000+ queries answered, orders taken, updates pushed live.
DeploymentTransport & LogisticsPakistan19 Dec 2025
NLC deploys AI cargo scanners at Pakistan's borders with China and Iran
National Logistics Corporation — Pakistan's National Logistics Corporation now runs AI cargo scanning at two crossings: Sost Dry Port facing China and Gabd Border Terminal on the Iran frontier. Vehicles clear in 22 seconds as the system reads cargo codes and checks structural details, cutting delays and manual customs work via this AI-based border inspection.
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