President stresses just application of law at all levels

President Dr Arif Alvi said on Tuesday that when laws were not applied justly and objectively and in their true letter and spirit, it could create distrust and polarisation in the society, stressing that all the pillars of the state should ensure fair and equal application of the laws at all times.

He said that all the pillars of the state, the parliament, judiciary, and government should endeavour and ensure the right and accurate application of the laws in all situations and on all persons at all times equally and fairly.

The president expressed these views while talking to senior officers of the National Command Authority (NCA) at Aiwan-e-Sadr, Alvi underscored the importance of political stability, continuation of the policies, adoption of innovation, and research and development in all sectors, especially in science and technology.

According to a statement issued by the Press Wing of the President Secretariat, Alvi also called for increasing the quality and quantity of human resources in the information technology (IT) sector, providing quality and pertinent education in schools and madrassas and bringing 25 million out-of-school children to schools.

“These steps will help ensure speedy development and progress of the country,” the president said. He said the right decisions at the right time, quality decision-making, intellect and knowledge of scientists, trained and capable human resources would help lay sound foundations for the development of the country.

The president emphasised that Pakistan should take all possible steps to increase the quality as well as quantity of the IT experts in order to provide the much-needed human resources to the country and increase the IT-based exports to boost the foreign exchange reserves.

“The entire world is in dire need of graduates in the IT sector. Those nations which succeeded in providing IT graduates speedily, both in terms of quality and quantity, are making progress in the highly competitive environment,” the president said.

Alvi also highlighted the importance of cyber security to safeguard and protect national data, ensure uninterrupted provisions of services, safeguard critical national infrastructure and to shield the country and its people from the threats of cyber warfare.

“In the near future, all the defences and deterrents of any country will have cyber security at its central place,” the president said. “This will require intellectual and human capital, knowledge, innovation and determination compared to the capital-intensive brick-and-mortar defence systems.”

On the occasion, the president called for adopting and promoting artificial intelligence and quantum computing at all forums until it was “fully embraced by the education, research, and other relevant institutions in the government and private sectors.

“A high-level body may be formed to provide leadership in artificial intelligence and quantum computing so that a definite direction was provided to the relevant institutions and departments for moving forward,” the president emphasised.
While replying to a question, the president said that 60 to 70% curriculum should be uniform across the country while the rest should be flexible to promote and preserve regional languages and cater to the preferences and needs of the provinces.