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If Pakistan is to attain global importance, it must concentrate on technology, according to Fawad Chaudhry.
Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, has stated that technology giants will shape the future. He claims that if Pakistan is to reach any level of importance on the global stage, it must concentrate its efforts on technical advancements.
Earlier today, the former Minister of Science and Technology took to Twitter to post a CNET report detailing Apple's latest profit accumulation of more than $23 billion.
“Present and Future belongs to tech companies, Pakistan must focus on technology if we want to achieve any significance on the World Stage….,” the minister tweeted.
Although this can seem to be a shockingly clear point, it is ultimately a matter of prioritization. If the planet accelerates into an era marked by revolutionary technology, ranging from the smallest nanobots to the largest lunar landers, any country that wishes to keep up with the international community must ensure that it is not ignoring the technological front.
It is precisely the argument made by Fawad Chaudhry in this article.
There have been some noteworthy innovations in recent years, such as electric buses eventually reaching the roads and the country's IT exports passing the $1 billion mark, which makes one optimistic about the future as a Pakistani resident. However, in order to continue our emergence from obscurity on the global stage, we must sustain this course of technical leaps and bounds.
Furthermore, there are a range of technical fields that are ripe for investigation. Biotechnology and bioinformatics, for example, have received little recognition in Pakistan. The global biotech industry is projected to hit $1,000 billion this year, and with breakthroughs like bioenergy and genome editing making headlines, this is one area that the country will do well to investigate.
Finally, the government must play a role in driving creativity, which will only happen if it chooses to promote, assist, and help technology rather than obsess about policing and overseeing it.
