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  • PM Imran launches ‘Digital Pakistan’ campaign

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    Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the ‘Digital Pakistan’ campaign on Thursday as a part of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s digitisation programme aimed at introducing the latest technologies for public welfare.

    The inauguration ceremony was held at the Prime Minister's Office in Islamabad.

    The prime minister also addressed the ceremony today, saying that digitising Pakistan is crucially important for the progress of the country's youth.

    He said that the world has been progressing while Pakistan has largely lagged behind.

    “Digital Pakistan will be the government’s utmost priority. It will unleash the potential of the youth. Pakistan has the second biggest population of youth and it can be turned into strength through digital work,” said the premier.

    “Women can contribute to this sector as well and gain jobs,” said the prime minister.

    Prime Minister Imran said that when he was elected prime minister, he said in his first speech 'Ghabrana Nahi Hai'.

    "Many people panicked after that speech," he said, as the audience laughed. "Now I am telling you not to panic because we are headed in the right direction."

    The prime minister said that now even the international agencies are appreciating Pakistan's fiscal and economic policies.

    The 'Digital Pakistan' campaign was executed by the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT). The MoIT has been tasked with digitising all correspondence between the government offices.

    The IT ministry had been told to complete the task within three months.

    Earlier this year, senior PTI leader Jahangir Tareen had announced the government had engaged a senior former Google executive to help revamp its payment system and set into motion the digitisation initiative.

    He said the government had persuaded the Google executive, who was in Singapore, to lead the project from Pakistan, after a lot of effort and headhunting.

    “She is leaving Google. In fact, she has left it and she is moving to Pakistan and will lead the digitisation initiative,” Tareen had said.