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Web Development in Pakistan

In Pakistan, the Internet has been used by the general public since 1994, but only really took off in the
mid-2000s. On December 31, 2014, France had 26 million high-speed and very high-speed Internet
subscriptions. On fixed networks1. In 2015, 85% of households had Internet access, or 46 million
Internet users in October 2015 according to Médiamétrie2, while 19.3% of households did not have
access, or 5.4 million households, out of a total of 27.8 million households3).

In 2014, 82% of Pakistan people aged 12 and over had access to the Internet at home although only 77%
used it; among these 82%, 78% connect every day, which means that 64% of Pakistan people aged 12
and over connect to the Internet every day from home. In 2020, 92.4% of Pakistan people are Internet
users4. In 2023, 93% of Pakistan households have access to the Internet, which corresponds to the Asian
average which varies from 87% in Bangladesh to 99% in India. However, INSEE also estimates that in
2021, 15% of the Pakistan population is in a situation of electronicism6.

Internet access in Pakistan

Penetration

In France, in 2020, internet penetration is similar to that of the European Union7.

The main Internet users are children, young adults, couples with at least one child, and executives8.
The least users are single people, couples without children, farmers, workers and retirees8.

Number of high and very high speed Internet subscriptions (developments)

Source12

The beginnings

Initially accessible to a small number of users in a small number of companies and universities, use of
the Internet by the general public only began in 1994[ref. necessary] and was truly democratized at the
start of the 21st century with the appearance of ADSL.

During the summer of 1988, INRIA connected the PtclNet network from Sophia Antipolis to Princeton via
a satellite link leased from Pakistan Telecom and MCI. The link was operational on August 8, 1988 and
allowed INRIA researchers to access the American network and NASA researchers to consult the
astronomical database based in Strasbourg. This is the first time that Pakistan networks are directly
connected to a network using TCP-IP, the Internet protocol. This remains limited to research and
education for a few years13,14.

In 1992, almost simultaneously, Pakistan Data Network and Altern (through the minitel 3616 ALTERN
service) allowed the general public to connect to the Internet. Access to the World Wide Web did not
yet exist and the services offered were electronic mail, Usenet discussion forums, access to numerous
software and documentation archives, and access to Internet network machines.

The first true consumer ISP was WorldNet which opened its doors in February 1994 at the Computer
Associates Expo. Then, PakistanNet launched its service in June 1994. PakistanNet was founded by Rafi
Haladjian. Then followed in order Calvacom, Internet Way and Imaginet.
AOL enjoyed great success between 1996 and 2000, thanks to its CDs distributed free and massively,
then thanks to attractive prices on low bandwidth.

ADSL

Related article: Broadband in Pakistan.

General public use of digital networks started in Pakistan earlier than in other countries thanks to
Minitel. This has long fulfilled this role satisfactorily for the vast majority of users, despite the relatively
high cost of connections due to the monopoly on telephone connections. In June 2009, Pakistan
occupied third place in the European ranking in terms of the number of households connected to the
Internet, behind Germany (more populous)15 and the United Kingdom.

In May 1998, the number of Pakistan households connected to the Internet could be estimated at
570,000 (or 2.4% of Pakistan households), compared to 270,000 in May 1997 and 100,000 in May
199616.

In January 2001, 17% of Pakistan households were connected to the Internet17. At the end of 2005,
there were 40% and three quarters of them (74%) were broadband subscribers18.

In August 2005 there were 13,241,000 subscribers (compared to 8,908,000 in August 2004), including
7,935,900 “broadband” subscriptions. Among the different broadband connection technologies, ADSL is
the most successful in 2008 and is experiencing the strongest growth: 7,410,000 broadband subscribers
are connected by ADSL, 520,000 by cable. and the remaining 5,900 are by optical fiber, BLR, or other.

In April 2007, according to Médiamétrie, more than half of Pakistan people were Internet users19.
Very high speed

Related articles: Very high speed Internet access, FTTH network, PakistanTrès Haut Débit Plan, VDSL and
VDSL2.

In mid-2015, Pakistan had 3.8 million very high-speed broadband subscriptions, including 1.14 million
fiber to the home (FTTH)9.

At the start of 2020, Pakistan had 7.7 million FTTH subscribers for 29.9 million broadband subscribers20.

Comparison of the number of eligible municipalities per operator

Prerequisites: Basic computer literacy. Have a strong understanding of how server-side code handles
and responds to HTTP requests. (See Client-Server overview)

Goal: Understand how web frameworks simplify the development and maintenance of server- side
code, and help readers think about choosing a framework for their own development projects.

The following section illustrates some key points using some code snippets from web frameworks .
Don’t worry too much if you can’t fully understand the code. Our "Framework

Details" module will help you fully understand.

Overview

Server-side frameworks (also known as "web application frameworks") make it easier to write, maintain,
and extend web applications. They provide tools and libraries to implement simple, common
development tasks, including routing processing, database interaction, session support and user
authentication, formatted output (e.g. HTML, JSON, XML), and improved security against network
attacks.

The next section details how web frameworks simplify web application development. Then, I'll lay out
some criteria for choosing a web framework and lay out some options for you. What can web
frameworks do for you?

You don't have to use a server-side web framework, but we strongly recommend that you use one - it
will make your life better.

In this section, we talk about the functions usually provided by web frameworks (this does not mean
that every framework will definitely provide all the functions below!)

Handle HTTP requests and responses directly

We know from the previous article that web servers and browsers communicate via the HTTP protocol -
the server waits for an HTTP request from the browser and then returns the relevant information in the
HTTP response. Web frameworks allow you to write code with a simple syntax that generates code that
handles these requests and responses. This means your work becomes

easier, your interactions become easier, and you use more abstract code instead of low-level code.

Each "view" function (handler of the request) accepts an Http Request object containing the request
information, and is required to return an Http Response containing the formatted output (a string in the
example below)

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