ISLAMABAD – Mr. Li Jie Chairman of the supervisory Board Huawei, along withhis delegation, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at PM Office.
Chairman Board of Investment Syed Zubair Haider Gillani, Secretary CommerceSardar Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera, Secretary IT Mr. Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, HuaweiPakistan CEO Saif Chi, Deputy CEO Ahmed Bilal Masud, PR Director Ma Libingwere also present during the meeting.
Chairman Li Jie informed the Prime Minister about the progress being madeby the company. He further briefed the Prime Minister that since Huawei hasentered Pakistan in 1998, Huawei has paid 300 million USD tax and made 1.5billion USD local procurements.
Huawei has also established one Technical Support Center in Islamabadwhich has 800 high tech engineers. Pakistan has huge potential in the ICTindustry, Huawei is willing to share its global experience and the latesttechnology to help Pakistan to develop a digital economy.
While highlighting huge business opportunities created under the newE-policy, launched by the Ministry of Commerce, the Prime Minister invitedthe company to explore business opportunities in this sector. He furtherurged them to involve brilliant young minds of Pakistan working intechnical fields.
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Highlighting attractive incentive packages, being offered by the Governmentto the potential relocating industries, the Prime Minister also highlightedthe availability of talented and enterprising youth potential of thecountry which would help the foreign countries to grow further.
The IT department has launched the Digital Pakistan campaign and would bekeen to involve them. The Prime Minister further said that their expertisein providing import substitution and advancement in technical automationoperation launched in collaboration with students of NUST and GIK would beof great advantage.
