Pakistan, June 23 -- The Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), and The Bank of Punjab (BOP) jointly hosted an awareness seminar in Lahore to prepare stakeholders for the province's digitized procurement transition launch on July 1, 2026. During the session, the Managing Director of Punjab PPRA delivered the keynote address outlining the overall scheme of things. Representatives from PITB and BOP then provided detailed walkthroughs, respectively explaining how the e-procurement portal operates and how secure, real-time financial transactions will take place across the platform.

As the financial partner, BOP has backed the system with a banking-grade security framework to eliminate pape...