Pak needs more IT graduates: Alvi

President Alvi said the govt had reduced taxes on this sector to encourage institutions

KARACHI:

Congratulating UIT and its team for designing Pakistan’s First Open Source RISC – V Microprocessor, President Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan needs more graduates in IT sector in number and quality as well because world needs more number of these graduates in this sector.

He expressed such views while addressing the ceremony “Celebrating Pakistan’s First Open Source RISC – V Microprocessor designed at UIT University” held here at UIT University on Saturday.

So, we should produce more graduates and government and private institutions should focus on this sector as more graduates can be produced in the country, he said, adding that Pakistan is considering setting up a quantum laboratory.

Appreciating some government universities, he said that the Virtual University and Quaid-e-Azam University were doing excellent job by producing graduates in the sector and in addition, they were conducting online classes for short courses to meet rising demand in the sector.

In addition, the government has reduced the taxes on this sector to encourage the institutions and we would continue all kinds of such support for IT sector, he added.

Talking on the recent visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to China, he said that the premier did not ask for any other support but asked for extending collaboration in the different sectors like textile, IT and other sector on basis of win-win position.