Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt signs 4 MoUs to promote digital transformation and information technology
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), the rapidly growing province in Pakistan, on Wednesday announced the launch of the country’s first digital city — Pakistan Digital City, to accelerate digital transformation and promote information technology in the country.
The newly-launched digital city is close to the Islamabad capital territory and to the new International Airport of Islamabad. The latest digital initiative of the KPK government is offering exemption from custom duties, taxes, and general sales tax for 10 years.
The KPK Board of Investment and Trade (KPK BoIT) signed four memorandum of understandings on the sidelines of Expo 2020 Dubai. Earlier, the KPK government signed 44 deals worth $8 billion at the Investment Conference in Dubai that will transform the province into an investment and trade hub in the region.
Global business hub
Atif Khan, provincial minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Science and Technology said, KPK is one of the largest regions of the nation and it is our ambition to make it a global business and investment hub by building a sustainable and easy to use digital infrastructure that will help in reducing the red tape and lengthy procedures to enable a smart ecosystem.
“The conversion to e-governance will lead to transparency and efficiency, taking us one step closer to the dream we all have for our glorious Pakistan. The new generation has to...
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