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AI Summit 2023 was Pakistan's inaugural conference on Artificial Intelligence, and it was held on February 25, 2023 at the Pak-China Friendship Center in Islamabad. The conference was organized by 10Pearls, a well-known end-to-end digital services company.  Almost 1,500 people, including students, amateurs, professionals, and owners of businesses, signed up to participate in the event, making it a resoundingly successful endeavor. The objective of the AI Summit, which was first held in 2019, is to "explore the transformative world of AI." This will be accomplished through the sharing of information regarding the most recent breakthroughs in AI, the recognition of innovations by emerging AI entrepreneurs, the facilitation of conversations with leading international and local AI experts, and the sharing of practical knowledge regarding a variety of AI tools, technologies, and techniques. Around thirty illustrious speakers participated in the 2023 edition of the AI Summit, w

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has been operating without a leader for almost 50 days, as the government has yet to name the telecom regulator's chairman. Major General (retired) Amir Azeem Bajwa resigned as chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) on January 2, 2023, after completing his four-year term. The government did not grant him an extension. According to reports, the Cabinet Division verbally requested the former chairman to continue working for an extra three weeks, which he declined. The Cabinet Division has commenced the procedure for the appointment of the new member, which will be followed by the appointment of the Chairman. Dr. Kawar Siddique Khokhar, Member (Compliance and Enforcement) of the PTA, concluded his four-year term on January 10, 2023 and resigned from his position shortly after the previous chairman. The federal government did not approve the summary for his term extension, hence he resigned from his position. But, acco

Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan's current Prime Minister, recently launched the BOP Freelancer Segment and Credit Card with the intention of enhancing freelancers' access to financial resources and boosting Pakistan's capacity to bring in foreign currency. A number of top officials, including the President and CEO of the Bank of Punjab (BOP), Zafar Masuda, were present for the occasion, which took place during a cheque distribution ceremony for participants of the Prime Minister's Youth Enterprise and Agricultural Loan Program (PMYB&ALS). In the fiscal year 2022, Pakistan's total IT export remittances amounted to $2.616 billion. According to Masood, the country is home to over 3 million freelancers who contributed $400 million to the total. He believes that the potential of freelancers is worth billions of dollars and that the new coder will help in unlocking this potential and generating economic progress. He also believes that the potential of freelancers is worth bi

  The Ministry of Information Technology and Communications is responsible for launching and funding the National Freelance Training Program, which resulted in the establishment of approximately 20 training center's dispersed across the country. An official of the Ministry of Information Technology stated that as many as 8,647 graduates were trained through international standard information technology courses, and that these students contributed to the economy of the country by earning $23 million through freelancing after completing their training. According to him, the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) accepted the registration of about 1,638 new information technology firms in the year 2022. In addition, the PSEB accepted the registration of 761 contact center's and 1,463 freelancers. He stated that the ministry was also in the process of developing specialized incubation center's in agriculture and textile, aerospace technology, gaming, and animation in order to ge

A national assembly panel was informed that the Tharparkar District has been having problems with mobile connectivity for the past six months. On Monday, it was brought to the attention of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication that the Tharparkar area has been experiencing difficulties with cellphone connectivity for the past half a year. At the meeting, which was presided over by the committee chairman Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali, the lawmaker Mahesh Kumar Malini stated that a complaint had been filed in this respect around six months ago; nevertheless, the issue has not been resolved. The Director General of Enforcement for the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) shared with the committee that the regulatory body is working to find a solution to the underlying problem in the region. According to the Secretary of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoITT), the problem is the result of a very minor techni

The Information Technology and Information Technology Services Industry of Pakistan realized a trade surplus of $1.17 billion (87.47 percent of total ICT export remittances) from July through December of the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23). This represents an increase of 19.96 percent when compared to the trade surplus of $972 million that was realized during the same time period in FY22. The official documents of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) stated that the information technology and information technology enabled services (IT & IT's) industry has delivered the highest trade surplus across products and services, second only to the textile sector. The information technology and information technology services sector of Pakistan is currently selling its wares in more than 170 nations and territories. The United States of America is the most important market, accounting for 57 percent of the total export remittance revenues. Following the United