ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s first tech city will be set up in the federal capital and later all the major cities of four provinces to have such cities gradually.
According to Ministry of Information Technology spokesman, the decision was made in the 35th Board of Directors meeting of National ICT R&D Fund Company, held at the ministry building.
Minister Information Technology Anusha Rahman headed the meeting while National ICT R&D Fund Company CEO Asif Roomi, Member (Telecom) Mudassar Hussain, Member HRD Tahir Mushtaq, PSEB MD Asim Shehryar and other members of the Board attended the conference.
Dr Shahid Qureshi apprised the board regarding different avenues of Tech-City model during a detailed presentation. The board was told that ICT R&D Fund Co will be responsible for the funding and monitoring of this project under the patronage of Ministry of Information Technology (the Government of Pakistan).
The Minister directed CEO ICT R&D Fund Co to prepare “RFP” along with KPIs for this purpose and that project will be replicated and extended to all provinces and metropolitans subsequently by keeping in view the volume of its success and achievements.
The Minister of State for IT stated that through tech-city model, Ministry wants to develop an eco-system to promote entrepreneurship in Pakistan. The purpose of this tech-city project is to provide an equal opportunity to youngsters with IT qualifications from even remote areas of Pakistan so that they would get the chance to show their creativity to launch new IT businesses successfully.
