ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday said that Pakistan had proposed a plan to build the semiconductors zone with the help of China, converting Pakistan to self-sufficiency in modern gadgets and opening new avenues for development.
In an interview with China Economic Net, the federal minister said that during the visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan, they discussed the shifting of the semiconductors industry to Pakistan as the role of the technology was very important not only for Pakistan but also for China.
“We want Chinese tech companies to come to Pakistan and make Pakistan a hub of semiconductors manufacturing”, he added.
Fawad has also served as a Federal Minister for Science and Technology and during that tenure he signed many memorandum of understandings and agreements on semiconductors technology and also collaborated with China to train Pakistanis in semiconductors skills.
“We would also like to start semiconductor designing in Pakistan. I’m very happy to tell you that Chinese investors are very keen to join hands with Pakistan and the technology zone will be converted into semiconductor zone”, he mentioned.
Chaudhry Fawad further said that there was a huge area in science and technology where both the countries could cooperate, adding that mobile phones were now being assembled in Pakistan but they would like to take a step further and start full-fledged manufacturing of mobile phones in Pakistan.
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