Digital skills for youth remain govt’s top priority

 
Digital skills for youth remain govt’s top priority

MG News| July 15, 2026 at 04:34 PM GMT+05:00

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July 15, 2026 (MLN): The government is prioritizing equipping the country’s
youth with world-class digital skills, with officials stressing that women’s
active participation in the digital economy is essential to transforming
Pakistan’s future

Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja said
this in her message on World Youth Skills Day, emphasizing that the government
was providing women with excellent work-from-home opportunities in the IT
sector and freelancing, APP reported

She said it was the prime minister’s vision that every young person
should have access to quality education and be able to excel in modern skills,
adding that Pakistani youth have immense potential to compete globally in the
field of information technology

Through training in advanced technologies and artificial intelligence,
she said young people were being prepared to meet future demands

The minister further said the government was providing a conducive
environment and full support for startups and women entrepreneurs, adding that
the goal was to make Pakistan an emerging global hub for information technology
and the digital economy

Her remarks come as the country’s digital export economy shows signs of a
more mature and diversified phase, with IT exports rising to approximately
$4.5bn in FY2025-26, up from $3.475bn during the corresponding period last year

Pakistani small and medium businesses (SMBs) are also moving beyond their
traditional reliance on US and European markets, actively expanding into key
Asia-Pacific (APAC) hubs such as Japan and Singapore, a shift that is yielding
strong result

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