ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT )
Information Minister Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has expressed the confidence that China and Pakistan together will emerge as big players in the field of technology.
The Information Minister pointed out that Pakistan and China have always remained great friends. However, under leadership of President Xi Jinping, the whole dynamics of this relationship has changed. He said both the countries have strategic economic and technological relations.
He said that future belongs to technology and Pakistan has to embrace modern technology to move forward and keep pace with the world. He said we have to support our technology companies and facilitate our youth to acquire scientific and technological education.
The Information Minister recalled that there was a time when Pakistan used to locally manufacture transmitters and radio equipment but now everything is being imported.
The Information Minister said we have decided to establish a Media University where students will be imparted with education keeping in view the latest technological trends in the field of media.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said promotion of Information and Technology is imperative to achieve the goal of development in the comity of nations.
He said high standard of education can pave the path of digitalization of Pakistan to compete in the current era in the field of evolving technology. He said the government is committed to provide opportunities to youth to excel in their lives
He was Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said that the information technology in Pakistan is growing and rising and it has the potential to expand even more in future. The Federal Minister was addressing “Huawei Mobile Summit 2019” here on Monday. He appreciated Huwei for organizing Mobile Summit and said that this Summit will provide wonderful opportunity to experts of ICT spectrum to interact and promote further development of the sector. He said that IT and telecommunication sector in Pakistan evolved impressively. He said that today is the age of information technology and it is through information technology that we can transform our population into an asset. He said that we have to take Pakistan towards development through information technology. The Federal Minister said the dynamically evolving Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector hold crucial importance globally as one of the key sectors in terms of powering economies and driving efficiencies. The Federal Minister said that ICT entrepreneurs, start-ups and small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) are our future. Later, talking to media, Federal Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that Cyber Security Policy has been devised and an authority will be formulated under Cyber Security Policy. He said that a regulatory authority on IT education will also be set up. The Federal Minister said that the government is committed for the penetration of broadband in the country so that every Pakistani could get benefit from it. He also emphasized the need of the manufacturing of mobile phones in Pakistan.
