Tender notices from Pakistan's newspapers — Jang, The News, Dawn, Nawa-i-Waqt and more — digitised every day with buyer, city and closing date. 40 newspaper notices are open right now out of 680 tracked.
The newest notices from Pakistani newspapers that are still open for bids.
Counted from every notice PakistanTender has digitised from each paper.
Newspaper notices are short and written in a fixed pattern. Check these parts before you decide to bid.
Many public tenders appear in both places: above certain value thresholds, procurement rules require advertisement on the authority's website as well as in newspapers with wide circulation. The newspaper version is often the first you will see, and for local councils, autonomous bodies and private companies it is frequently the only one.
PakistanTender puts both in one feed — newspaper notices next to PPRA, ePADS and provincial portal tenders — so the same tender is not missed because it was printed on a day you did not buy the paper. New to e-procurement? Read how to register on ePADS.
Of the notices PakistanTender has digitised, Jang carries the most, followed by The News. The table on this page shows how many each paper carries, how many are open now, and which provinces and categories they come from.
The latest notices are listed on this page with their closing dates, and each newspaper has its own page. Every notice links to a detail page with the buyer, location, closing date and how to get the bid documents.
Often, yes. Above certain value thresholds, public procurement rules require a tender to be advertised both on the procurement authority's website and in newspapers with wide circulation. Smaller buyers, local councils and private companies frequently advertise only in newspapers, which is why reading the papers still matters.
The notice itself says where the bidding documents are available — usually the procuring office, sometimes against a non-refundable fee, or a download link on PPRA, ePADS or a provincial portal. Bring or attach what the notice asks for (NTN, registration, bid security) and submit before the stated closing date and time.
Yes. PakistanTender subscribers receive daily email alerts that include newspaper notices matched to their categories and cities, alongside PPRA, ePADS and provincial portal tenders.
Despite the shift to e-procurement, thousands of Pakistani tenders are still advertised only in the print classifieds of newspapers like Jang, Dawn and Express — especially by local governments, autonomous bodies and private firms. Missing a single day's paper can mean missing a contract.
PakistanTender reads those tender pages every morning and consolidates them here with the PPRA, ePADS and provincial portal notices, so you get one searchable feed with closing dates, categories and bid documents — plus daily email alerts. Browse also by organisation or by procurement authority.
