ISLAMABAD: Syed Amin Ul Haque, the federal minister for information technology and telecommunications, stated on Tuesday that additional broadband projects were in the works to guarantee the availability of high-quality telecom services throughout the nation.
The minister stated that connectivity projects worth billions of rupees were underway in remote areas while speaking at the GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) Ministerial Conference in Barcelona, Spain. She added that the government was committed to closing the digital divide between rural and urban areas. According to a press release, a delegation from Pakistan consisting of Member International Coordination Ajmal Anwar Awan, DG Wireless, MoITT Jahanzeb Rahim, and CEO Universal Service Fund (USF) Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary attended the ministerial conference with the theme “The path to building digital nations in the Asia Pacific: policies and strategies for sustainable digital future.”
Syed Amin Ul Haque said the provision of quality network facilities and protection of cellular users’ rights was the foremost priority of the government. Steps were being taken for promoting the telecom sector and resolving the issues of mobile companies, he added.
The minister noted that the process of digitalization was being implemented in order to realize the Digital Pakistan vision. Vital steps like infrastructure sharing, spectrum sharing and spectrum refarming framework for the telecom sector were also being taken, he added.
He said the ministry of IT & Telecom in collaboration with other departments of the government had been striving to improve digital literacy across the country. Several initiatives have been taken to improve digital literacy by focusing on nurturing a startup culture and promoting freelancing, he added.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s delegation led by Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque had a meeting with Secretary General Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) Deemah Al-Yahya on the sidelines of GSMA Mobile World Congress 2023.
Speaking on the occasion, the Federal Minister for IT said that the Government of Pakistan desired to build a strategic partnership with DCO to leverage the true potential of ICT for socio-economic growth in the region. He said Pakistan was striving to enhance its IT exports to DCO member states.
