In a meeting with Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Coded-Minds Omar Farooqui, who called on him here, he said the government considered digitalization as a catalyst to achieve transparency, efficiency and endeavors to build a culture of innovation and research.

He said it was encouraging to see technology experts considering Pakistan as a destination of technology advancement and supporting the government’s initiatives to transform Pakistan into knowledge based economy.

The president said emerging fields like Artificial Intelligence (AI), block chain, cloud computing were certainly the way forward.

He pointed out that education and technology, if used correctly could create a self-perpetual growth wheel for the country in the years to come.

He underlined that in this era of innovation and information, it was the vision of the government to maximize the opportunities in digital space and create enabling environment for Pakistani youth to equip them with technological know-how.

He said “Presidential Initiative for Artificial Intelligence and Computing” was one of the program meant to train one million youth in the IT sector.

He urged to explore possibility of joint ventures and collaborations with relevant entities in Pakistan.