Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Digitization and technology hold the promise of progress and prosperity for almost every country including Pakistan. Similarly, Information Technology (IT) has become a fundamental part of industry and manufacturing.
The technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), big data, robotics, automation, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, mobility and others continue to have a growing effect on society, economy and environment.
Moreover, the process of rapid digitization has transformed almost everything on the face of earth from physical to software-controlled economy to education, healthcare to market-customer relations and government-citizen interaction to banking. The Digital Pakistan Initiative of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) has created hope that the government is making serious efforts to promote digital technology in the country.
The incumbent govt has taken the initiative to upgrade digital banking infrastructure and and exhausting paperwork for digital services such as e-payments, online transactions and the issuance of credit cards, and their use in online stores or in-store shopping, at petrol pumps, online utility bill payments and university fee payment gateways etc.
This in return could alleviate poverty by creating new jobs for the fresh graduates and young entrepreneurs of the country. The Digital Pakistan Initiative has created hope that the govt is making serious efforts to promote digital technology in the country.
