Karachi University to get Major IT Park

Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Syed Amin Ul Haque stated that a US $7.1 billion investment had been made in the country’s telecommunication sector, with a billion rupees earned.

On Tuesday, he was addressed as the Chief Guest at an MoU signing event for the development of the Health Incubator and Science & Technology Park at Karachi University’s (KU) International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS). Syed Junaid Imam, Member Ministry of IT & Telecom, and Prof. Dr. Iqbal Choudhary, Director ICCBS, signed the MoU.

On the request of KU Vice Chancellor Dr. Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, the IT Minister stated that the Karachi University Examination Centre would be digitalized. In this context, he directed Member IT and CEO National Information Technology Board to coordinate with KU management.

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According to the MoU, the Pakistan Software Export Board would develop a Health Incubator and Science and Technology Park in the University’s ICCBS. Our goal is to link information and communication technology and academics; for example, the construction of a health incubator at the university would substantially assist medical start-ups, while the establishment of a science and technology park will connect students to the digital world.

He claimed that the revolutionary moves we took during our ministry should have been taken decades earlier. In terms of aptitude and competency, Pakistani adolescents hold a unique place in the world. The need was to persuade these young people to choose careers in technology. Opportunities should be made available, and important has done their best to play their part in this regard.

He stated that the MOITT spent Rs77.8 billion through the Universal Service Fund on 83 projects to provide Broadband Services in remote locations across Pakistan to help the rural population do their jobs and connect to the digital world.

He also stated that the assembly passed the smartphone manufacturing bill, and that 28 businesses, including Samsung and Nokia, are presently producing mobile phones.

According to Amin Ul Haque, the world’s renowned search engine Google opened an office in the country last year and granted 15000 scholarships to our kids, and this year they are granting 45000 scholarships. This figure will rise to 4 lacs 50 thousand by 2024.

On the occasion, Vice Chancellor of Karachi University (KU) Dr. Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, Patron-in-Chief ICCBS Prof. Dr. Atta-Ur-Rehman, ICCBS Director Prof. Dr. M Iqbal Choudhry, CEO of Pakistan Software Export Board Ali Raza, CEO Ignite Asim Shahryar Hussain and Aziz Latif Jamal as well Nadira Panjwani also addressed the ceremony.