{"id":14929,"date":"2025-07-27T06:08:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T06:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14929"},"modified":"2025-07-27T06:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T06:08:34","slug":"it-minister-discusses-ai-fibre-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14929","title":{"rendered":"IT minister discusses AI, fibre collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"
Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, held back-to-back meetings with top Chinese tech firms during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai to advance Pakistan’s digital agenda.<\/p>\n

In a meeting with PeaceCable International Network, led by CEO Sun Xiaohua and Sales Director Zhuang Wei, talks focused on enhancing digital connectivity through submarine and terrestrial fibre-optic infrastructure. PeaceCable shared details of its $24 billion portfolio in submarine cables, fibre, and power solutions.<\/p>\n

Khawaja briefed the delegation on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s vision for a “Digital Pakistan,” highlighting the National Fiberisation Policy. Key targets include connecting 10 million homes to fibre broadband in three years and increasing fiberised mobile towers from 14% to 60%. She encouraged PeaceCable to invest in FTTH rollout, the ODN market, and terrestrial fibre, assuring full support from the Ministry of IT and Telecom (MOITT).<\/p>\n

In a separate meeting, Khawaja met with a Chinese delegation led by Cheng Dong of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese. Other members included Liu Yuangui of Shenlan Technology, Prof Zhao Shanting, and Dr He Bin from the Zhangjiang High-tech City Medical Innovation Research Institute.<\/p>\n

The meeting focused on AI skill development, digital governance, and tech innovation in smart cities and medical research.<\/p>\n

Discussions included launching an AI skills exchange programme for Pakistani youth, digital solutions with Pakistan’s National IT Board, and joint ventures in health tech, edtech, and fintech.<\/p>\n

Chinese delegates also proposed showcasing smart maintenance machinery and AI-powered tools in Pakistan.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, held back-to-back meetings with top Chinese tech firms during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai to advance Pakistan’s digital agenda. In a meeting with PeaceCable International Network, led by CEO Sun Xiaohua and Sales Director Zhuang Wei, talks focused on enhancing digital connectivity through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}