Verify users from HEC Pakistan
HEC Pakistan is a member of PKIFED, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with HEC Pakistan by having them sign in with their HEC Pakistan account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Pakistan
- Federation
- PKIFED
Institution details
- Organization
- HEC Pakistan
- Description
- HEC Pakistan
- Country
- Pakistan
- Website
- https://www.hec.gov.pk
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.hec.gov.pk/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- PKIFED
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- support
- administrative
- technical
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with HEC Pakistan?
Yes. HEC Pakistan participates in PKIFED, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their HEC Pakistan account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does HEC Pakistan support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. HEC Pakistan does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is HEC Pakistan in?
HEC Pakistan is located in Pakistan.
How do I verify students from HEC Pakistan?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at HEC Pakistan. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from HEC Pakistan?
Start the demo and authenticate with HEC Pakistan, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.