GSMA Asia-Pacific head says inability to attract investment is a major bottleneck

Says taxes impacting growth of IT sector as well

Project aims at fulfilling telecommunication requirement of country

Ministers urge universities, youth to play key role in its research and development

Many youth spend hours on social media but never focus on doing online courses

Lack of synergy, coordination between govt depts limit growth of industry

Lack of payment gateways, like PayPal, limit growth potential for freelancers

Policy regarding rural broadband is either incomplete or inadequately implemented

Pakistan is only nuclear state besides North Korea that is not considered cyber power

Federal minister for IT says over 900,000 hacking incidents take place in country daily