Islamabad, August 24, 2021 (PPI-OT): President Dr Arif Alvi says the government was taking steps to build information highways and extend reach of the people to new fourth generation technologies. Speaking at an international conference on innovation and entrepreneurship in Islamabad today, he said the goal of present government is to improve digital financial system, achieve women empowerment and ensure economic transparency. He said Pakistan is making great progress with the use of emerging technologies. He mentioned that immense information was accumulated by the world through cloud computing.

The President said Youth could gain advantage by gathering information and through innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. He said the government is making efforts to attain one hundred percent literacy in the country and impart skills to the people who could not get education. He was of the view that economy of Pakistan could leapfrog to be among the top global economies. The President said Pakistan has the necessary educational infrastructure to train its youth for the emerging challenges and the experienced businessmen should also provide mentorship to the young population.

The president told that the government is working on setting up special technology zones and endeavouring to encourage investment and utilize its youth bulge. He said the world needs the skilled youth of Pakistan but he wanted that the skilled youth should be retained in the country through joint ventures and other initiatives. The president said the importance of brick and mortar schools would decrease while the intellectual communication would gain speed. He urged the world to focus on reduction of poverty and merit based distribution of wealth and democratization of societies.

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