This study investigates the impact of ICT on academic achievement and innovation in Pakistani higher education institutions. Teaching, learning, and research have all been affected by ICT (in data analysis, storage, processing, publication, and dissemination). Thanks to information and communication technology improvements, it is now easier for students doing academic research to find a wider range of educational and scholarly resources (taken as representative of universities). Nevertheless, how much ICT use affects how well research students do and how productive institutions depend on how much and what kind of ICT use there is. The group was made up of 600 research students. The survey results show that research students could use ICT better for their studies and projects. The more research students and universities use ICT, the more productive and efficient they become. Even though research students had more access to digital resources, their output stayed the same. The study suggested that university administrators give incentives like certificates, awards, and scholarships to research students to get them to do more research. This could be done by checking to see if ICT infrastructure is being used correctly to get research students to a very high level of productivity and performance.