The fundraising event GSMA Digital Nation Summit is planned to take place in Islamabad on August 7, 2024, with the support of the Ministry of IT & Telecom.
Other names that joined the meeting were Secretary IT Captain (R) Muhammad Mahmood, Head of GSMA APAC, Mr. Julian Gorman, and Country Lead, GSMA Saira Faisal.
An official activity announcement was made for the Digital Nation Summit in the meeting.
Mr Chriss Umeh, the chair, was informed of the goals, themes, and expected outcomes of the Summit.
Speaking at the meeting, the Minister of State for IT, Shaza Fatima said that the Digital Nation Summit is indeed a historic and emphatic step towards making an effectively technologically enabled Pakistan.
She mentioned that the government’s goal was to achieve the socioeconomic transformation of Pakistan to a knowledge-based economy with technological advancements and innovation in the economy and government sectors.
Shaza Fatima said that Digital transformation is not something that we can aim to achieve in Pakistan, it is a requirement for our nation. We should learn from the problem and continue investing in digital technologies to improve productivity, boost innovation, and promote growth that involves all citizens, Corallo said.
In her assessment, however, she stated that the present government is all out in supporting digital innovation and infrastructure. Shaza Fatima shared her thoughts on the GSMA Digital Nation Summit and mentioned that such an event is evidence of our resolution to go for digital.
The meeting was chaired by Additional Secretary MoITT Aisha Humera Moriani and was joined by Member Telecom Muhammad Jahanzeb Rahim, Jazz’s Chief Executive Officer Aamir Ibrahim, PTCL & Ufone President and Group CEO Hatem Bamatraf along with representatives from the Telecom industry.
