The electronics manufacturing industry is the largest and the fastest growing industry in the world and at present its size is estimated at $1.75 trillion. PHOTO: FILE
“We are taking steps to promote electronics system design and manufacturing in the country for economic development, employment generation and increase in exports of this sector,” an official at the ministry said on Tuesday.
Officials said the ministry was taking steps to increase availability of skilled manpower in the electronics design and manufacturing sector to create an enabling environment for local and foreign investment and to achieve the human resource creation target – 500 masters and 100 PhDs annually – by 2017.
To meet these targets, the officials said, an extensive human resource development (HRD) programme may be launched in the high-technology semi-conductor design and manufacturing in collaboration with local and foreign universities to ensure availability of adequate trained and skilled manpower for the industry.
“Semi-conductor wafer fabrication facilities will be established for the manufacturing of chips and components,” an official said.
Along with this, the establishment of Conformity Assessment Centres will facilitate the production of quality electronic products.
The electronics manufacturing industry is the largest and the fastest growing industry in the world and at present its size is estimated at $1.75 trillion.
In Pakistan, the industrial base in this sector is negligible, though the country is among major users of electronic goods.
By establishing the electronics manufacturing industry, a large number of unemployed youth can be employed in this area.
“For self-reliance, the promotion of the electronics system design and manufacturing industry is essentially required,” the official said.
Talking about key areas of the electronics system design and manufacturing, he said they included consumer electronics, information technology and telecom, automotive electronics, electronic components, chip design, medical electronics, power electronics and LED lights.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 12th, 2014.
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Typo? Who sets a long term target of $10 million in a sector were the plant alone cost more than the targeted revenue?
About time Pakistan got up from it's slumber. All around us there is rapid development taking place, even Afghanistan has 3G telecom, Pakistan never got it imagine that for a moment. We make nothing electronic worth mentioning. The push should be to get the youth educated in all fields on a priority basis. Otherwise we will just remain a fiefdom as we currently are. The prime minister should address these issues instead of riding his motorcade to hill stations and hiding in his lavish prime minister house. Ask his finance minister to calm himself down, he looks like a buffoon. He is just there looking after his son's business in Pakistan.The son lives in Dubai and owns a billion dollar real estate business. Mr. Sharif should reign in his cronies or else he will be removed again from office.Talks with the Taliban are not right. They have killed and maimed thousands of innocent folks and Pakistan uniformed service personnel, how can you talk to these uncouth rabid uneducated morons. The whole nation opposed these talks, yet they are being held, meantime more people are being killed everyday. What a ill conceived strategy.Whimsical characters have ruled Pakistan for the past 30 years it is time some educated young person with new ideas stormed into Pakistan politics and started calling the shots.