ISLAMABAD: Syed Amin Ul Haque, Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, on Saturday said Pakistan was committed to bridge the digital divide between rural and urban communities with a focus on youth empowerment and gender equality.
“Government of Pakistan has brought many reforms for creating a better environment for tech-based businesses in the country,” the minister said addressing the Digital Cooperation Organization’s (DCO) virtual meeting.
Due to the effective policies of the government, Pakistan witnessed landmark achievements in the Information and communication technology (ICT) sector in recent years, he added.
The DCO held a forum alongside the UN General Assembly, inviting the ministers from all seven member countries. The aim of the event was to discuss the role of the DCO in building an inclusive digital age in which more nations can prosper.
Ministers from all seven founder member countries i.e., Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Nigeria, Oman, and Saudi Arabia including Pakistan attended the meeting while Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant Secretary General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs of UN also joined the session.
Haque further said the rise of digital economy, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, transformed the world, but its global potential was yet to be fully realised. “Countries face new challenges as the global scale of the digital economy and the power of private sector actors grows,” he said.
“Being a founding member of DCO,...
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