Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan · Custom software company, built from Islamabad
Software House in Gilgit for Tour Operators, Hotels, Traders and Schools
For tour operators juggling groups, drivers and hotel blocks on WhatsApp, hotels with seasonal staff, and traders moving goods along the highway: one system for bookings, stock, credit and accounts that everyone reads from.
Timeline Digital is a custom software development company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Islamabad. We build tour booking, hotel, trading and school systems for Gilgit tour operators, hotels, traders and schools, delivered remotely from our Islamabad headquarters. Before you commit to the full project, we build 2 to 3 of your key modules as a free pilot for your team to test.
Why businesses in Gilgit build custom software
Gilgit is the capital of Gilgit-Baltistan and is linked to the Karakoram Highway. PSEB Software Technology Parks were set up in Gilgit and in Gakuch in FY2022-24. The buyer situations here follow the road and the season: a tour operator assembling guests, vehicles, drivers and hotel rooms for each departure, a hotel whose bookings arrive by phone, WhatsApp and agents at once, a trader bringing stock up the highway and selling on credit to shops further along, and a school keeping fees and results in files. A custom system gives each of them one place for bookings, stock, balances and reports.
Sources: The Nation: 43 software technology parks set up in FY2022-24.
Software we build for Gilgit businesses
Tour departure and group booking system
A tour operator needs each departure to show its guests, payments received, vehicles, drivers, guides and hotel nights in one place. We build a booking system that holds itineraries as templates, assigns vehicles and staff per trip, tracks advances and balances per guest or agent, and prints vouchers for hotels. Changes agreed on WhatsApp are recorded against the booking, so the whole team sees the latest plan.
Hotel reservations with agent commission tracking
Hotels taking bookings from walk-ins, phone calls, agents and online listings need one room calendar. We build reservations, check-in, room billing and restaurant charges on a single guest folio, with commission tracking for agents and time-limited logins for seasonal staff. The owner can see occupancy, receipts and pending balances from a phone, and invoices can be FBR-ready where you issue tax invoices.
Trader consignment, stock and credit system
Traders who bring goods up the highway need to know what is in transit, what has arrived and what each shop owes. We build purchase and consignment records, freight and transporter charges, warehouse stock, and customer credit with recovery schedules. Salesmen can take orders on an Android app, and the office sees updated balances the same day.
School fee, attendance and results system
For private schools, we build admissions, fee vouchers, concessions, attendance and result cards in one system, with parent reminders by SMS or WhatsApp. A school with more than one branch sees fees and enrolment per branch, and teachers enter marks from a laptop or phone. Records stay with the school when staff move on.
Key facts: Timeline Digital for Gilgit businesses
- Provider
- Timeline Digital (Timeline Digital (Pvt.) Ltd.), a software house and custom software development company founded in Islamabad in 2013
- Office
- 3rd Floor, Silver City Plaza, G-11 Markaz, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan. This is the only office; there are no branches in other cities.
- Working with Gilgit clients
- Delivered remotely from our Islamabad headquarters, with scheduled video meetings in your working hours; on-site visits only when agreed in the contract.
- Hours and language
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 18:00 Pakistan time (PKT, UTC+5). Meetings, training and support in Urdu or English.
- Track record
- 1,500+ projects for 860+ clients in 25+ countries; 1,200+ developers and 85+ management professionals, including group-company employees
- Schedule
- Set from your requirements; free pilot in about 2 days, a complete system in as little as 2 weeks.
- Pricing
- Timeline Digital does not publish prices for custom software, because every project is custom. The price is agreed after requirements analysis and the free pilot.
- Ownership
- Source code, designs and documentation transfer to you on full payment. An NDA can be signed before you share sensitive details.
- Support
- Long-term support under a service level agreement (SLA) after launch.
Published client work: bilingual public-sector platform in Qatar. Other client names are withheld under confidentiality agreements.
Test a working pilot before your Gilgit project goes ahead
Before you commit to the full project, we build 2 to 3 of your key modules as working software, free of charge, ready in about 2 days. Your team tests the pilot, and the full build starts only after you approve it.
See how the free pilot worksUnderstand
We learn your requirements and how your organisation works today.
Select pilot modules
Together we choose 2 to 3 key modules that prove the solution.
Build the working pilot
We build those modules as real, working software, free of charge.
You test it
Your team uses the pilot. The full project starts only after you approve it.
How we work
How we build custom software for Gilgit businesses
Custom software built around the way your business works. Every Gilgit project follows the same five steps, and you test our work in a pilot of your most important modules before the full build.
Step 1: Understand
We learn how your business works.
Your requirements, workflow, challenges and goals, understood before anything is recommended.
Step 2: Plan
We design the right solution around your workflow.
Modules, workflows, roles, approvals, reports and integrations, agreed before development.
Step 3: Select Technology
Choose the right technical foundation.
Technology options matched to your users, security, budget and growth, not one fixed stack.
- Free pilot
Step 4: Pilot
Test our work before full project development.
Free. You choose 2 to 3 key modules and we build them first, so you can judge our work.
The full project starts only after you approve the pilot.
- Full project
Step 5: Build & Scale
From approved pilot to complete digital system.
Full development, testing, deployment, training and support, built to grow with you.
Why work with Timeline Digital from Gilgit
Ready before the season starts
Tourism businesses cannot trial new software in the middle of their busiest weeks. We schedule the pilot and training for the quieter months, so the booking desk, drivers and hotel partners are used to the system before the rush, and any changes after go-live are planned around your season.
Booking and billing that survive a dropped line
Where a connection drops, booking and billing screens can keep a local copy of the day's work and sync when the line returns. Drivers and guides using the Android app can log trip expenses and guest pickups on the road and upload them later.
Remote from the first call to go-live
Gilgit is a long way from our Islamabad headquarters, so the project runs on video calls, screen sharing and WhatsApp from the first discussion to go-live. Training sessions are recorded, which lets staff who join mid-season learn the system on their own. Any visit to your premises is agreed in the contract before work starts.
One record per guest, trip and payment
Most double-bookings and missed payments start when the same guest appears in three places. We link each guest to their trip, hotel nights, vehicle and payments, so the office, the hotel and the accountant read the same numbers, and every change keeps a trail of who made it.
- Only office in G-11 Markaz, Islamabad, serving Gilgit remotely
- Free pilot of 2 to 3 key modules before the full build starts
- Booking and billing screens that keep working offline and sync later
- FBR-ready invoicing where you issue tax invoices
What a custom system could do for Gilgit businesses
Example workflows for common types of business. They show what a system can do; they are not client case studies.
Tour operator
A tour operator could plan each departure from an itinerary template, assign vehicles, drivers and hotel nights, and track every guest's advance and balance on one screen.
Trader on the highway route
A trader bringing goods up the Karakoram Highway could record each consignment, its freight charges and arrival, then sell on credit to shops with balances visible to the office the same day.
Private school
A private school could issue fee vouchers, track concessions, and send result cards and fee reminders to parents by SMS from one system.
Frequently asked questions
Can you build and support our system from Islamabad if we are in Gilgit?
We can. Timeline Digital works from a single office in G-11 Markaz, Islamabad, and every Gilgit project is delivered remotely from our Islamabad headquarters through video calls, screen sharing and WhatsApp. We have no office or staff in Gilgit. Training is recorded so new or seasonal staff can watch it later. If you want someone at your premises, for example at go-live, that visit is agreed in the contract before the project begins.
Which modules would a Gilgit tour operator test first in the free pilot?
Most tour operators start with the departure and booking screen, guest payments, and vehicle and driver assignment. We build 2 to 3 of those key modules as working software, free of charge, before you decide on the full project, and your team runs real or sample trips through them. The rest of the system is built only after you approve the pilot, and we suggest running it before your busy season.
Can agents and partner hotels see bookings without seeing our accounts?
Access is role-based. An agent can have a login that shows only their own bookings and commission, a partner hotel can see the room nights booked with it, and your accountant sees payments and balances. Owners see everything. Each change records who made it and when, which helps when a booking is disputed after the trip has ended.
Can a trader track goods in transit on the highway as well as stock in the godown?
A consignment is recorded when it leaves the supplier, with the transporter, vehicle, freight charge and expected arrival, and moves into warehouse stock when it is received and checked. Shortages or damage are recorded against that consignment. Your office then sees stock in transit, stock on hand and each customer's credit balance on one screen.
Do guides and drivers need a laptop, or can they use their phones?
An ordinary Android phone is enough. We build Flutter apps with simple screens where a driver or guide can confirm pickups, log fuel and trip expenses, mark guests as collected and attach photos of receipts. Entries are stored on the phone while there is no signal and sent later. The office then sees trip expenses against each booking without collecting paper slips at the end of the tour.
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About this page
Published by Timeline Digital, a custom software development company founded in Islamabad in 2013. The facts on this page (track record, schedule, pricing policy and ownership terms) come from the same company facts used across the site.
Author
Usama Asif
CEO and CTO, Timeline Digital. Founded the company in 2013 and has led its software engineering work since then.