ISLAMABAD
\nAPICTA and P@SHA\u2019s teams came together for an exclusive press conference prior to the final award ceremony for APICTA 2022. Asia Pacific Information Communication Technology Alliance (APICTA) held its APICTA Awards in the lush green foothills of Islamabad.
\nPakistan had won the bid in early 2022 to host the APICTA and the teams had been at work since then. As the host, Pakistan\u2019s IT industry (P@SHA)welcomed delegates and judges from 16 economies who brought a whole new perspective to collaboration, business activity and creativity in the strengthening IT Industry of the Asia Pacific region.
\nChairman APICTA, Stan Singh, repeatedly highlighted the fact that he sees a lot of potential in Pakistan as a country and in its IT industry, and that he is ever so proud for casting his vote in favour of Pakistan to host APICTA 2022. \u201cWhen I compare Pakistan\u2019s IT ecosystem with that of the other more developed ones, I can comfortably say that you are on the right path.
\nI have found the start-up eco-system to be impressive and the talent pool limitless. Keep working the way you are for reaching any landmark that you wish to. If you were to ask me to mark Pakistan on a checklist of 1-10, I would say that Pakistan gets 10 on 10.\u201d
\nVice Chairman APICTA, Fulvio Inserra spoke on the need for a long-term policy framework for digital eco-system that is above any political change to ensure continuous success for Pakistan\u2019s IT industry. \u201cInvestors need to see the stability and ROI and that is only possible when uncertainty is done away with. Progressive policies need to be cast in stone for industry\u2019s steady and long-term development.\u201d
\nChief Judge APICTA 2022, Professor Dr. Shoab A. Khan, stated,\u201d I am proud of all Pakistani teams to have stood shoulder to shoulder with their foreign counterparts. My friends and colleagues who were assigned the responsibility of judging witnessed a well-fought-out competition and faced a tough challenge in shortlisting only a few as winners.
\nI feel that all have won and most of all it is a great win for Pakistan.\u201d He elaborated on the strict parameters that were set for all judges regarding punctuality and conformity to given paradigms. With no room for non-compliance, a zero-tolerance policy was followed.
\nNewly elected Chairman P@SHA, Zohaib Khan, was grateful to the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication for their immense support and continuous partnership in enabling all teams to ensure the execution as planned. He thanked all the sponsors, facilitators, PSEB, and especially the 16 visiting economies for making APICTA 2022 Pakistan such a major success. \u201cI am especially grateful to the Asia Pacific economies that made Pakistan their destination for APICTA 2022\u201d
\nBadar Khushnood, Convener and EXCO APICTA and former Chairman P@SHA, declared it to be a dream come true for him and his team. \u201cI want all the visiting foreign teams going back home to carry positive beautiful Pakistan in their hearts; I would also like to see their continuous collaboration and engagement with the talent, start-ups and businesses in Pakistan. Through APICTA, I look forward to Pakistan\u2019s potential getting empowered for a global role.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD APICTA and P@SHA\u2019s teams came together for an exclusive press conference prior to the final award ceremony for APICTA 2022. Asia Pacific Information Communication Technology Alliance (APICTA) held its APICTA Awards in the lush green foothills of Islamabad. Pakistan had won the bid in early 2022 to host the APICTA and the teams had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-300711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n