President directed the Ministry of Information Technology to improve the accessibility of the internet in rural areas of Pakistan.
President Dr. Arif Alvi coordinated the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (IT and Telecom) to improve the accessibility of the internet in the rural areas and try to find out innovative and technological solutions in order to meet challenges.
According to the press release, the president was heading the gathering of the board of trustees on rising advancements at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Featuring the noteworthiness of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), the President said it could assume that ministry has immense potential of improving the national economy, trade, exports, instruction, wellbeing, administration, development industry, farming, and other significant segments.
The ICT assumed a noteworthy job during the current COVID-19 emergencies as the advances quickened the digitalization of numerous organizations and administrations, including internetworking and video conferencing frameworks all through the work environments, access to social insurance, instruction and other fundamental merchandise and ventures, he included.
The gathering was attended by Minister for IT and Telecom Syed Aminul Haque and Secretary Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Digital Pakistan Ms. Tania Aidrus, and delegates of provincial governments, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan, and IT specialists through video meeting.
The President accentuated the requirement for reviving the imperative area by connecting with outside based Pakistani IT specialists to assume their job in the technological improvement of the nation.
So as to improve Internet inclusion in provincial territories, he coordinated the Ministry of IT and Telecom to start measures to upgrade the inclusion of Internet facilities in rural areas so as the students could have continuous access to online education.