ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court and the National Information Technology Board (NITB) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in cybersecurity, software development, digital services, information technology infrastructure and technical capacity-building.

The MoU was signed by Registrar, Supreme Court, Suhail Mohammad Laghari, on behalf of the Supreme Court, and Director General Faqirullah on behalf of NITB.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb.

The ceremony was also attended by Mr Zarrar Hasham Khan, Secretary, Ministry of IT & Telecommunication; Faisal Iqbal Ratyal, Chief Executive Officer, NITB; Haider Abbass, Director General, National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT); Saifur Rehman, Director, NITB; Azhar Mahmood Janjua, Assistant Director (e-office), NITB; members of the Supreme Court’s information technology team; and other senior officers.

Published in Dawn, September 9th, 2026