‘Technopolis to boost Punjab’s digital growth’

Minister highlights opportunity for local IT and knowledge market

LAHORE:

Punjab Minister for Higher Education and IT Raja Yasir Hamayoun said the project of Lahore Technopolis offers excellent opportunities for Foreign Direct Investment into the digital growth of Punjab.

He was speaking at a “Stakeholders Conference” which was arranged by the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade on the development of “Lahore Technopolis”, Punjab’s first Special Technology Zone.

Anchored in the robust framework of “Special Technology Zones”, the Lahore Technopolis was launched by the Prime Minister Imran Khan on December 23, 2021, as a step towards enabling a digital revolution in the knowledge economy.

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The minister chaired the seminar while Punjab Board of Investment and Trade Chairman Fazeel Asif Jah, Chairman Lahore Knowledge Park Company Jamal Akbar Ansari, Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board, potential consumers, stakeholders, policymakers and related government officials were also present on the occasion.

Minister Raja Yasir Humayun, while appreciating the initiative of the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade to gather all stakeholders under one roof to exchange ideas, said that being the first of its kind technology park in Pakistan, the project of Lahore Technopolis offers excellent opportunities for Foreign Direct Investment into the digital growth of Punjab while also presenting a great opportunity to the local IT and knowledge market to enjoy the comprehensive ecosystem for the hi-tech manufacturing, innovation, IT solution services, research and development and manufacturing of tech hardware clustered in one geographical space.

The participants presented their recommendations on the future road map for the project which shall harness different factors of the ICT and hi-tech science value chain including the academia, institutes of scientific excellence, incubators, accelerators and global brands of tech-enabled solutions.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 18^th, 2022.