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{{CompanyInfo|
| logo = PKNIC.jpg
| type = Non-profit organization
| industry = Registry, Internet
| founded = 1992
| founders =
| ownership =
| headquarters = 84 Tipu Block<br />
Garden Town, Lahore
| country = Pakistan
| businesses =
| products =
| employees =
| revenue =
| website = [http://www.pknic.net.pk/ pknic.net.pk]
| blog =
| facebook =
| linkedin =
| twitter =
| keypeople =
}}
'''PKNIC''' is responsible for the administration of .pk, the [[ccTLD|country code top-level domain]] (ccTLD) officially assigned to Pakistan.<ref name="about:>[http://www.pknic.net.pk/about.html About Us], PKNIC.net.pk. Retrieved 2015 December 21.</ref>
Its objectives are as follows:<ref name="about"></ref>
* To provide an equitable, just and competent technical and administrative management of domain name registration for Internet users in Pakistan.
* To run uninterrupted DNS service for Root Servers of .PK domain.
* To eliminate any monopoly, bureaucratic or inefficient, or dominance positions in domain registration management of PK domain (by passing on the "exclusive franchise" delegation by IANA to local companies).
* To delegate the Policy making function for .PK domain names to the Internet Users and Corporations in Pakistan.
==Controversy==
According to the [[Middle East DNS Study]], the .pk registry has listed ongoing security concerns as the reason why they do not publish the WHOIS database. While they want to maintain a transparent system, there are concerns that the database can be abused and the information used to harmful ends. In order to combat this, PKNIC runs a program where one must specifically request and justify the request to obtain information on a registrant.<ref name="meac">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/eurid-middle-east-dns-study-initial-13oct15-en.pdf Middle East DNS Study], ICANN.org. Published 2015 October 13. Retrieved 2015 December 12.</ref>
==References==
| logo = PKNIC.jpg
| type = Non-profit organization
| industry = Registry, Internet
| founded = 1992
| founders =
| ownership =
| headquarters = 84 Tipu Block<br />
Garden Town, Lahore
| country = Pakistan
| businesses =
| products =
| employees =
| revenue =
| website = [http://www.pknic.net.pk/ pknic.net.pk]
| blog =
| facebook =
| linkedin =
| twitter =
| keypeople =
}}
'''PKNIC''' is responsible for the administration of .pk, the [[ccTLD|country code top-level domain]] (ccTLD) officially assigned to Pakistan.<ref name="about:>[http://www.pknic.net.pk/about.html About Us], PKNIC.net.pk. Retrieved 2015 December 21.</ref>
Its objectives are as follows:<ref name="about"></ref>
* To provide an equitable, just and competent technical and administrative management of domain name registration for Internet users in Pakistan.
* To run uninterrupted DNS service for Root Servers of .PK domain.
* To eliminate any monopoly, bureaucratic or inefficient, or dominance positions in domain registration management of PK domain (by passing on the "exclusive franchise" delegation by IANA to local companies).
* To delegate the Policy making function for .PK domain names to the Internet Users and Corporations in Pakistan.
==Controversy==
According to the [[Middle East DNS Study]], the .pk registry has listed ongoing security concerns as the reason why they do not publish the WHOIS database. While they want to maintain a transparent system, there are concerns that the database can be abused and the information used to harmful ends. In order to combat this, PKNIC runs a program where one must specifically request and justify the request to obtain information on a registrant.<ref name="meac">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/eurid-middle-east-dns-study-initial-13oct15-en.pdf Middle East DNS Study], ICANN.org. Published 2015 October 13. Retrieved 2015 December 12.</ref>
==References==