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ISLAMABAD: An ex-adviser to former prime minister Imran Khan, Tania Adrus, has been appointed as the chair of the ‘Digital transformation’ committee in the Shehbaz-led government, it emerged on Friday.
As per the issued notification, Tania Adrus has been appointed as head of the committee to achieve a target of $25 billion to invest in IT exports and technology over the next five years.
In light of the target given by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has prepared an initial plan for increasing IT exports and Tech investment to USD 25 billion per year by 2029.
According to the notification available with Daily Ausaf/ABN News, MoITT has divided the USD 25 bn target after 5 years into four sectors including Tech Service (USD 7 Bn), Product Export (USD 2 Bn), FDI/Investment (USD 4 Bn), Digital Transformation (USD 10 Bn), and Captive IT Business/Resource Augmentation (USD 2 Bn 2).
In view of the above targets, the IT Minister has approved the formation of committees to develop an Implementation Plan to achieve the targets. The Implementation Plan should include but not be limited to the identification of initiatives, projects, reforms, incentives, collaborations, institutions (if any), National level legislations/policies (if any), implementation phases, stakeholders, etc. The task is to be completed by May 28, 2024.
It is pertinent to mention that, in the previous month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved the appointment of Tania S. Aidrus as the convener of an interim Digital Committee for the Digital Nation Pakistan initiative.
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