'Pakistan on way to digital economy’
President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan has immense potential in the field of digital economy and digital education and stressed the importance of fast data communication modes to explore vast opportunities in such areas.
“Pakistan has high prospects in making strides in digital economy, digital education and digital finance and is heading in right direction to cope with the challenges during current pandemic,” he said in his address at the contract signing of High-speed Mobile Broadband Internet organised at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Wednesday.
President Alvi said that the future highway to success was all about information gathering based upon internet and making it accessible for people.
He mentioned that the new life pattern during the coronavirus pandemic demanded digitalised systems in areas particularly trade, commerce, education and health.
He lauded the Ministry of Education for adopting new modes of teaching through television.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2020.