KARACHI:The Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi said that the influence of technology in our daily lives is more than we think and it is impossible to imagine the life without technology in today’s era.
He expressed these views while addressing the certificate distribution ceremony on the completion of the first batch of the IAB Program graduates at the KU Audio Visual Centre on Wednesday.
The Hazza Institute of Technology in collaboration with the Information Science and Technology Department of the Government of Sindh, and the University of Karachi arranged the IT training program under the banner of ‘IT Industry-Academia Bridge Program’ for the students of the Department of Computer Science.
Professor Iraqi said that by utilizing their skills, try to become job providers rather than job seekers.
Meanwhile, the provincial Secretary of Information and Technology Department Abu Bakar Ahmed said that Pakistan currently does not have any products that we can launch
or export to the world, but we are fortunate that Pakistan is self-sufficient in manpower and we can use this force in the IT field. By developing skills, we can create a revolution in the field of IT and help in the country’s development.
‘The government of Sindh is trying to develop the skills in people associated with the IT sector so that these people can contribute to the development of Pakistan’s economy along with getting jobs in and outside the country.’
Earlier, the Executive Director of HIT Tahir Mahmood Chaudhry said that a few people associated with Pakistan’s IT industry managed to get US$3.2 billion by creating a small app of 25 MB. But, as the company was registered abroad, we could not get any direct financial benefit from the creation of the IT-based company and its product.
On this occasion, the HIT Managing Director Azhar Iqbal Sindhu said that there are numerous IT opportunities in Pakistan. Still, we need to enhance our skills to get maximum advantages from it.
He informed the audienc
e that after the United States, the largest IT infrastructure development is taking place in Saudi Arabia which has immense job opportunities.
He stressed that it is necessary to develop more skillful manpower in the IT sector so that they can play their role in the improvement of Pakistan’s economy.