INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
PTI launches digital policy as part election manifestoISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday
formally launched its first major digital policy aimed at transforming Pakistan into a knowledge economy, making Information Technology (IT)
Asad Umar said the policy was formulated after consultations with the IT industry and others stakeholders
He said the policy was open and people could give their inputs which would be incorporated in the revise policy.He said the policy has three
also become an enabler for transforming the rest of the economy.Asad Umar said currently, around 115,000 youth were working in IT industry,
adding that efforts would be made to enhance the numbers to one million for which scholarship would be awarded to the IT students
digital policy.He said open government data would increase transparency, curb corruption and increase efficiency in governance
He said 120 new campuses of tier-1 universities would be supported to produce 100,000 technology graduates every year under the policy.Asad
Umar said proper training to Maths and English teachers would also be part of the policy to produce competitive workforce
Direct financial incentives would be provided to tens of thousands of teachers to improve their Maths, English and Science teaching skills,
He said five new major technology clusters (Special Economic Zones) would also be developed with international class infrastructure.Asad
Umar said every year around 1 million youths were entering into the market for seeking employment as per the statistic of Planning
declined in last five years resulting huge trade-deficit
To overcome trade-deficit, we have to increase our exports, he said.
