Digital Nation Pakistan

Digital Nation Pakistan
Standards

Standards for Sovereign Digital Infrastructure

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Introduction

Introduction

The Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA) is the statutory body established under the Digital Nation Pakistan Act, 2025. Among its core mandates is the authority to issue and enforce standards, guidelines, regulations, and technical publications in support of the National Digital Masterplan.

These are the architectural standards on which Pakistan's national digital infrastructure is being built. They have been published openly so that experts, peers, and the global community can review, comment on, and contribute to what Pakistan is building.

This page is the authoritative national source for Pakistan's Digital Standards. It is the definitive reference and the trusted place to find accurate information on the framework guiding the nation's digital transformation.
Pakistan Digital Authority
Our Design Principles

Our Design Principles

Citizen-centric

Inclusive

Open

Secure by design

Interoperable

Sovereign

About

About the Pakistan Digital Authority

The Pakistan Digital Authority is mandated to build shared digital infrastructure for government, establish national standards for data, artificial intelligence, and cloud services, digitize citizen-facing services, and coordinate digital transformation across federal and provincial jurisdictions.

By publishing our work as open standards, we invite scrutiny of our digital service design to ensure that it is agile, user-focused, and serves Pakistani citizens effectively. They are living standards; they evolve as we learn from deployment and stakeholder feedback.

The technological framework in this suite of standards combines global best practices with original sovereign architecture. tailored to Pakistan's institutional and geographical context.

These standards are published under the PDA Standards c.001 FWK)

Published Standards

Standards

D-Series: Data Governance, Management & Exchange
DNP-D.002 RA

WASL — Pakistan National Data Exchange Layer

Reference Architecture for Pakistan's secure, standards-based national data exchange platform. Citizen-consented, cryptographically data-blind, post-quantum secure.

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Share Your Feedback

We welcome expert feedback, peer review, and public comment on all published standards. The PDA is committed to transparent and consultative standards development.

Proposing New Standards

Organisations, agencies, or experts may propose new standards to address gaps in the current suite. Submit a proposal to contact@pda.gov.pk.