Mon, 04, 21
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) has issued a draft National Broadband Policy 2021 for consultation. The past policies, coming out of the ministry, were of high quality and praised internationally especially the Deregulation Policy 2003, Mobile Cellular Policy 2004 and Universal Service Fund Policy 2006.
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) has issued a draft National Broadband Policy 2021 for consultation. The past policies, coming out of the ministry, were of high quality and praised internationally especially the Deregulation Policy 2003, Mobile Cellular Policy 2004 and Universal Service Fund Policy 2006.
The Telecommunication Policy of 2015, though shied away from addressing most of the industry issues, it did pave the way for rapid uptake of mobile broadband by addressing the supply side. In this background, it was genuinely expected that the new sector policy will match the quality of previous p
Building a Resilient Knowledge Economy in Pakistan
Raza Ahmad Khan
The author possesses diverse experience in corporate management, entrepreneurship, business incubation, university teaching, and technology transfer. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the USA with double masters’ degrees in Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Systems Engineering with an emphasis on Engineering Management.
Under the present government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, we witness a much-desired emphasis on rejuvenating Pakistan through building a resilient knowledge-based economy!
In simple words, knowledge (k)-economy is a generation of wealth by exploiting intellectual capital (know-how)! Leading economies of the world have capitalized on this concept to progress their communities and earn invaluable foreign exchange. The STIPs (Science & Technology Industrial Parks) in China, as an example, had sales revenue and exports worth US$373 billion and US$88 billion respectivel