Abdul Basit Qureshi, founder of Global Animal Passport Registration, received the Best Innovator award at The Pakistan Eco-Compute and Smart Cities Summit 2026, presented in recognition of visionary leadership and contribution to sustainable urban innovation. The award was presented by Dr Fauad, TMC Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Nextwave, and IIADP, reflecting a collaboration between multiple organisations behind the summit’s recognition programme rather than a single institution issuing the honour independently.
The recognition carries particular relevance given Qureshi’s ongoing work building Global Animal Passport Registration, a venture focused on AI-driven and sustainable solutions for Pakistan. Receiving an award tied specifically to sustainable urban innovation, in the context of a summit centered on eco-compute and smart cities, suggests the recognition reflects broader contributions to the sustainability and smart infrastructure space beyond his core product alone, positioning him as a figure engaged in Pakistan’s wider innovation ecosystem around sustainable technology.
The Pakistan Eco-Compute and Smart Cities Summit 2026 itself represents a growing category of events in Pakistan focused specifically on the intersection of technology and urban sustainability, an area that has gained increasing attention as cities across the country grapple with infrastructure, environmental, and resource management challenges that technology-driven solutions are increasingly being positioned to address. Awards presented at such summits serve to recognise individuals actively working at this intersection, giving visibility to founders and innovators whose work might otherwise remain confined to more niche, sector-specific circles.
Qureshi expressed gratitude for this milestone while noting continued commitment to building Global Animal Passport Registration and pushing forward on AI-driven, sustainable solutions for Pakistan, extending thanks to the organising team behind the summit and its recognition programme. The award adds to the broader pattern of recognition events across Pakistan’s technology and innovation ecosystem that highlight individual contributions to sustainability, smart cities, and AI-driven solutions, reinforcing the growing institutional attention being paid to this cross-section of technology and urban development within the country.
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