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Pakistan Prepares for AI future with policy and startup investment

Pakistan Prepares for AI future with policy and startup investment

Pakistan is on the edge of a major tech transformation as it prepares to roll out its first-ever national Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy. After nearly a year of consultation with local and international experts, the policy is finally ready—and it promises to reshape how the country uses emerging technologies in every aspect of life. Federal … Read more

Govt committed to invest in modern skills, professional education: PM

PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif  said the government was committed to investing in modern skills and professional education for the youth.

In his message in connection with the World Youth Skills Day, the prime minister said the greatest strength of Pakistan was its talented youth and equipping them with modern skills was the need of the hour to secure the future of the country.

He highlighted that the government was equipping its youth with modern education, equal development opportunities as well as modern professional training to compete with the world.

The prime minister reiterated the government’s resolve to send 300,000 youth for vocational training in the field of information technology and 1000 for modern agriculture to China.

In this context, he said the government was giving top priority to the women and the youth belonging to remote and backward areas of the country.

The prime minister said training programs in the field of information technology were also continued at the national level. “Millions of students are honing their skills in and outside Pakistan after completing their education under these programs.”

He said the government had also started bringing reforms in the institutions under National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC).

Together with NAVTTC and its partner institutions, the government is ensuring the provision of marketable skills and professional training to thousands of youth, he remarked.

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PM Shehbaz directs establishment of Pakistan Skill  Company

PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed the authorities concerned to immediately initiate the process of establishing the Pakistan Skill Company and Pakistan Skill Development Fund to unify the technical and vocational education countrywide and provide better employment to Pakistani workers abroad.

The prime minister, chairing a high-level meeting to review the matters of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Manpower and National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC), decided to introduce reforms in the said organisations.

He instructed to further activate the NAVVTC to provide world-class technical and vocational training to the young workforce and also called for ensuring the globally renowned and international certifications in all technical fields.

The prime minister also emphasised the collaboration between the center and provinces to elevate the quality of Pakistan’s technical manpower and human resource development.

He called for establishing an integrated system of regulating the manpower equipped with the best and world-class professional technical skills.

Besides, in coordination with NADRA, NAVTTC and all the provincial institutions, a database of manpower in the country and abroad should be developed, he added. Stressing the need for implementing the technical and vocational training plans, the prime minister also directed to reform the license regime of the companies engaged in employment of Pakistani skilled and technical workforce abroad.

He said the individuals and companies should be identified those are found involved in defrauding the people and inflicting financial financial losses besides defaming Pakistan internationally.

Prime Minister Shehbaz also instructed to ensure meritocracy and transparency in the posting of community welfare attaches in the Pakistani missions abroad. He also directed to form a committee mandated to recommend measures for reforms in the vocational and technical training sectors as well as the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Manpower.

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