The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf senior leader also shared plans for a Knowledge City around Islamabad and establishing Special Technology Zones (STZs), starting from Islamabad and then replicated in other cities. He also encouraged the technology sector to work with not only the government but the entire economy in order to pave way for digitization and documentation of economy in Pakistan.
On the occasion, PASHA Chairman Syed Ahmad congratulated the position holders and emphasized the importance of activities like PASHA ICT Awards for the confidence building and morale of future architects of the IT Sector. The PASHA Awards are the premier event of the IT industry and bring together business leaders from various sectors as well as diplomats and media.
"It is a representation of the best innovation Pakistani IT Industry has to offer for which hundreds of contestants send in their submissions and are then evaluated by judges from leading tech companies. There were nine main categories and 37 subcategories for which the awards were given to the winners and runner-ups. This year saw more than 350 applicants from across Pakistan, ranging from our largest IT companies to promising new startups and students," said a PASHA's spokesperson while talking to media.
The awards were received for 37 different sub-categories by the position holders from marketing, banking, education, health, public sector, industrial systems and other domains. The winners represented the diversity of the industry, ranging from promising startups to publicly listed IT companies as well as students from educational institutes.