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title: "Prime Minister Directs Digitalization of Government Services"
description: "Most outlets reported that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed government institutions to accelerate digitalization to improve citizen access to services. 24 News HD emphasized the directive to the National Information Technology Board to focus on providing \"easy, efficient and modern digital services,\" while Dawn highlighted the PM's order for the full digitalization of government records. Both excerpts framed the initiative as a step to enhance service delivery, with no additional framing or context provided."
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# Prime Minister Directs Digitalization of Government Services

business · latest filing 18 Aug 2026, 7:27 AM PKT · 17–18 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed government institutions to accelerate digitalization to improve citizen access to services. 24 News HD emphasized the directive to the National Information Technology Board to focus on providing "easy, efficient and modern digital services," while Dawn highlighted the PM's order for the full digitalization of government records. Both excerpts framed the initiative as a step to enhance service delivery, with no additional framing or context provided.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dawn** — [PM Shehbaz orders full digitalisation of govt records](https://www.dawn.com/news/2023578/pm-shehbaz-orders-full-digitalisation-of-govt-records) · 18 Aug 2026, 7:27 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the digitalisation of the entire government record to facilitate citizens in accessing government services. Presiding over a meeting on reforms in the National Information Technology Board (NITB), progress on the Islamabad Technology Park and ongoing reforms in the information technology sector, the prime minister ordered the provision...
- **24 News HD** — [PM calls for faster digitalization of govt institutions](https://www.24newshd.tv/17-Aug-2026/pm-calls-faster-digitalization-govt-institutions) · 17 Aug 2026, 7:44 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the National Information Technology Board to pay special attention to providing citizens with easy, efficient and modern digital services.

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2 articles from 2 outlets, 17–18 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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