ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan hailed the success of the PakistanCitizen Portal app and congratulated the team behind it after it landedsecond place in the World Government Summit’s mobile applicationcompetition.

The government-owned app won second prize at the summit, that recentlyconcluded in Dubai. Prominent government officials and industry leadersfrom around the world, including PM Khan attended the summit.

The premier tweeted about the recognition the app won at the summit,highlighting that this is the first time a government-run mobile app hasachieved such success.View image on Twitterlink[image: View image on Twitter]link

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The app was competing against 4,646 other mobile apps from 87 countries. Itwas announced as the second best app in the Best Citizen Service DeliveryCompetition.

Indonesia’s Qlue Smart City app topped the competition, while an app fromthe United States got the third prize.

On October 28 last year, the PM launched the portal with the promise ofconnecting people to the government. He pledged that the app would bringabout a change in Pakistan.