Islamabad, Sep 5: At a ceremony held here on Thursday, Google, the multinational tech giant, announced plans to create 500,000 Chromebooks in Pakistan. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received the first computer as part of the program.
Farhan S. Qureshi, Regional Director of Google for Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, gave the prime minister the Chromebook. Speaking at the event, the prime minister acknowledged Google’s contributions to Pakistan and the world at large.
He thought that Pakistan’s youth had a great deal of potential in the field of information technology, which might be crucial to the country’s economic growth. He stated that in order to guarantee their empowerment and education, the national and local governments have to make use of every resource at their disposal. The prime minister stated that the government has set a very realistic goal of exporting IT goods valued at USD 25 billion over the next five years.
In addition to encouraging freelancers and small and medium-sized businesses, he requested the IT specialists and business owners to submit a plan that would assist the government in reaching the goal. In the best interests of the Pakistani people, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also decided to completely digitize and paperless the nation’s governing structure in order to eradicate widespread corruption.
He claimed that a new Secretary for the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication had been appointed by the government in an open manner. Google, according to Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja, is significantly contributing to Pakistan’s digitization in line with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s goals.
According to Farhan Qureshi, concentrating on technology will boost the nation’s economic activity. He emphasized the abundant prospects for independent contractors in Pakistan to advance in several technological domains. Ahsan Iqbal, the minister of planning and development, and Attaullah Tarar, the minister of information and broadcasting, were also present.
