Federal Minister for Information Technology and Communication Syed AminulHaque here on Thursday said that manufacturing of smartphones had beenstarted in Pakistan while 5G technology would be launched in the country byJuly 2023 and our effort was to make access to technology possible forpeople in every part of the country.
He was speaking as the chief guest at the UBIT Career Fest 2022 organizedby the Department of Computer Science University of Karachi, said astatement. The event was held at the UBIT Garden in which more than 30software houses participated and short-listed the candidates afterconducting tests and interviews.
The minister said that as compared to the exports in other sectors inPakistan, the highest increase in exports had occurred in the IT andtelecommunication sector and other exports had increased by two to threepercent only, while the exports of Information Technology andtelecommunication had increased by 47.44 percent. He mentioned that futureneeds could be met with the cooperation of IT industries and universities.
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He shared that in the year 2019-20, US$75 million was allocated for thestart-ups whereas the next year the amount was increased to US$373 million.
Syed Aminul Haq acknowledged that a large number of female students wereenrolled in computer science programs at various universities and said thathe was glad to see their role in this regard. He said society can progressby empowering women.
He informed the audience that there was no sign of corruption in theMinistry of IT and Communication and that whoever was found involved incorruption would not be left in the Ministry. “When I took over theMinistry’s charge, our exports were US$1.4 billion dollars and today it hasincreased to US$2.6 billion dollars while our target is US$5 billiondollars”, he expressed.
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He also said today is the era of information technology because technologyis being embedded very rapidly in every sphere of life, such asarchitecture, defense systems, space sciences, health, and other sectors.We have to work hard to achieve the goals of 2050, the minister added.
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On this occasion, the KU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood-Iraqisaid that universities were usually the centers of developing creativethinking, innovation and research. “There is no lack of intelligence andcreative thinking among our youth, but it is necessary to support them andprovide facilities to implement their creative thinking and creations”, headded.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Department of Computer Science, Dr NadeemMahmood, shed light on the career fest and shared its aims and objectives.
