Pakistan Planning Semiconductors Zone with Chinese help – Fawad Chaudhry
Fawad also served as a federal minister for science and technology and during that tenure, he signed many MoUs and agreements on semiconductors technology and also collaborated with China to train Pakistanis in semiconductors skills. “We would also like to start semiconductor designing in Pakistan”. See Also: ECC Approved Advisory Committee For the Release of 5G Spectrum Fawad further said there was a huge area in science and technology where both countries can cooperate. He also said that mobile phones were now being assembled in Pakistan but they would like to take a step further and start full-fledged manufacturing of mobile phones in Pakistan. He hoped many Chinese technologies companies would come to Pakistan after the visit of the prime minister to China because semi-conductor was a core element of every technology, which would help bring value addition to the local manufacturing products. It is pertinent to mention that during his visit, the prime minister held a series of meetings with leaders of China’s leading technology companies, and both sides agreed to enhance cooperation in software development, information and communication technology, medical diagnostic, and other related sectors. Check also: Pakistan is not Performing Well on Some Key Indicators in Telecom Sector- MoIT Source: The News
