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title: "Pakistan's digital users exceed 150 million, official says"
description: "Most outlets reported that Ahsan Iqbal announced the milestone of 150 million digital users in Pakistan, noting a 25% increase in data usage over the past two years. Some also mentioned the rise in fibre connections, while the framing remained largely consistent across the excerpts provided."
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# Pakistan's digital users exceed 150 million, official says

pakistan · updated 15 Sep 2026, 1:27 PM PKT · 15 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

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

> Most outlets reported that Ahsan Iqbal announced the milestone of 150 million digital users in Pakistan, noting a 25% increase in data usage over the past two years. Some also mentioned the rise in fibre connections, while the framing remained largely consistent across the excerpts provided.

## Same story from 2 outlets

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

- **Minute Mirror** — [Pakistan’s digital users cross 150 million, says...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/pakistans-digital-users-cross-150-million-says-ahsan-iqbal-630388/) · 15 Sep 2026, 1:27 PM PKT
  > Pakistan’s digital users have crossed 150 million, Ahsan Iqbal says, as data usage rises 25% and fibre connections exceed five million.....
- **ARY News (English)** — [Digital users in Pakistan cross 150m, Ahsan Iqbal tells SCO forum](https://arynews.tv/digital-users-in-pakistan-cross-150m-ahsan-iqbal-tells-sco-forum) · 15 Sep 2026, 12:17 PM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Addressing the SCO Digital Forum in Urumqi, Ahsan Iqbal said data usage in Pakistan had increased by 25 per cent over the past two years...

## Part of a bigger story

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- [Pakistan's digital banking users reach 137 million](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3643-pakistan-s-digital-banking-users-reach-137-million) · 17 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 77% related
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