Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Tuesday calling the launch of first Chromebook assembly line a \u201cdefining moment\u201d for Pakistan\u2019s digital transformation, said that the Government of Pakistan was taking concrete steps towards realizing the vision of a digital nation.<\/p>\n
The deputy prime minister, addressing the event titled \u201cBuilding the Digital Future, Together\u201d marking the launch of first Chromebook assembly line, said that localizing the initiative would make access to digital tools more affordable and inclusive, particularly in the education sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the launch of Pakistan\u2019s first Chromebook assembly line to Google\u2019s announcement of establishing a local presence in Pakistan and to the agreement between the Government of Pakistan and Google to upskill our youth, this is a defining moment for our country\u2019s digital transformation,\u201d he said addressing the event attended by federal ministers, IT experts and representatives of tech giant Google.<\/p>\n
He viewed that the initiative held great economic significance marking an industrial milestone laying the foundation for jobs, supply chain development, and future technology exports.<\/p>\n
Dar said that the step would bring Google closer to Pakistan\u2019s developers, startups, and entrepreneurs, enabling direct collaboration, capacity building, and great access to global platforms.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me assure you, the management of Google, you won\u2019t regret setting up all this in Pakistan\u2026 You will be very happy to be here\u2026 And in the years to come, you\u2019ll find many multinational and others partners coming here. Pakistan is moving fairly fast to achieve the position in the comity of nations, which it was originally destined,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
He said that under the MoU, Google and Pakistan would collaborate to provide AI skills training for 100,000 developers nationwide.<\/p>\n
Deputy Prime Minister Dar assured that the incumbent government was committed to creating an environment suitable for technology investment, collaboration, and establishment of a sustainable local presence.<\/p>\n
For this, he said the government had established Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) to facilitate establishing the businesses in the least possible time.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur policies aim to make Pakistan a regional hub for technology development, backed by a regulatory framework that supports innovations, ensures transparency, and encourages investment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Addressing the concerns of high fiscal tax rates, the deputy prime minister said the government was pursuing an agenda to establish a reasonable, affordable and comparable tax structure.<\/p>\n
Coming to the country\u2019s economic outlook, he said that government was striving to regain and make sure that Pakistan was all set to enter the global G20 club as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
He also told the gathering that while Pakistan has total debt and liabilities of $130 billion, it was blessed with mines and minerals, with stones, with hydrocarbons worth around $6 trillion to $10 trillion.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can imagine $130 billion debt and liabilities would be peanut. So we are on that road. We are working on very fast track.\u201d<\/p>\n
The deputy prime minister, who returned from Istanbul after attending Coordination Meeting of Arab-Islamic Foreign Ministers, said that last month, Gaza peace agreement signed in the presence of President Trump by eight countries. Now the efforts are underway to implement that peace agreement, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Tuesday calling the launch of first Chromebook assembly line a \u201cdefining moment\u201d for Pakistan\u2019s digital transformation, said that the Government of Pakistan was taking concrete steps towards realizing the vision of a digital nation. The deputy prime minister, addressing the event titled \u201cBuilding the Digital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-512553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n