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Saudi Arabia’s GO Telecom to set up AI hub in Pakistan this month

Pakistan's IT Minister, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, and GO Telecommunications Group officials pose for a picture at the Group’s headquarters in Riyadh on October 4, 2025. (Pakistan's IT Ministry)
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Updated 05 October 2025
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Saudi Arabia’s GO Telecom to set up AI hub in Pakistan this month

  • The specialized center for AI technologies and digital innovation is designed to foster knowledge transfer and capacity building
  • The development comes as both nations plan to forge partnerships in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and other tech fields
Updated 05 October 2025
Ismail Dilawar

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s GO Telecommunications Group will launch an Artificial Intelligence (AI) hub in Pakistan this month to jointly develop digital solutions and empower the youth, the Pakistani IT ministry said on Saturday.

The announcement comes during IT and Telecommunications Minister Shaza Khawaja’s visit to Saudi Arabia to discuss bilateral cooperation under Saudi Vision 2030 and Pakistan’s National AI Policy 2025.

She met with GO Telecommunications Group CEO Yahya bin Saleh Al-Mansour in Riyadh to discuss collaboration in digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence and human capital development.

“Pakistan and Saudi Arabia share a deep and evolving partnership rooted in mutual growth and digital progress,” the IT ministry quoted Khawaja as saying.

“Through initiatives like GO AI Hub Pakistan, we aim to strengthen collaboration in emerging technologies, empower youth through digital skills and accelerate our shared vision of a connected, knowledge-driven future.”

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia share deep religious, cultural, diplomatic, and strategic ties, particularly in trade and defense. The Kingdom hosts over two million Pakistani expatriates, who make up the largest source of remittances for the South Asian nation.

Both countries are now planning to forge a partnership in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, Pakistani state media reported this week.

The GO AI Hub will be a specialized center for AI technologies and digital innovation, designed to foster knowledge transfer and capacity building, according to the IT ministry.

The two figures also discussed digital infrastructure expansion, data center development and the establishment of a technical talent development center in Pakistan for future collaboration.

The GO Telecommunications Group chief said his discussions with Pakistan’s IT minister underscored the “strong potential for cooperation between the Kingdom and Pakistan,” the Pakistani IT ministry said.

“The group’s expansion into the Pakistani market aligns with our strategic vision of diversification and strengthening partnerships with friendly and brotherly nations,” he was quoted as saying.

Khawaja earlier this week met with President of Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (DAIA) Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi in Riyadh, the state-run Radio Pakistan broadcaster reported.

The two figures discussed promoting enhanced bilateral cooperation under the framework of Saudi Vision 2030 and Pakistan’s National AI Policy 2025.

Saudi Arabia is consolidating its economy on modern lines under the Vision 2030, which is a strategic development framework intended to cut the Kingdom’s reliance on oil. It is aimed at developing public service sectors in the Kingdom such as health, education, infrastructure, information technology (IT), recreation and tourism.

Pakistan, on the other hand, approved the National AI Policy 2025 in July to democratize artificial intelligence, aiming to enhance public services and generate employment opportunities for the youth.

The policy aims to create 50,000 AI-driven civic projects and 1,000 local AI products in the next five years, according to Pakistani state media. The government intends to make the use of AI inclusive through the distribution of 3,000 annual AI scholarships and facilitate 1,000 research projects, the state media said.

Topics: Pakistan Saudi Ties AI Hub GO Telecommunications Group

Pakistan urges ‘time-bound and irreversible’ path to Palestinian statehood at UN

Updated 17 December 2025
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Pakistan urges ‘time-bound and irreversible’ path to Palestinian statehood at UN

  • Pakistan warns the Security Council Israeli settlement expansion has reached its highest level in the West Bank
  • It says Islamabad backs sustained ceasefire, expanded humanitarian access, protection of UNRWA’s role in Gaza
Updated 17 December 2025
Kashaf Rehman

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday called for a time-bound and irreversible political process leading to the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state, urging the international community to move beyond declarations and turn long-standing commitments into concrete action.

Addressing a Security Council briefing on the Middle East, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations said repeated diplomatic initiatives had underscored that the status quo was untenable and that only a credible political horizon, grounded in international law, could deliver durable peace.

His remarks came as the Security Council reviewed the implementation of Resolution 2334, which calls on Israel to halt settlement activity in occupied Palestinian territory.

Pakistan said recent diplomatic efforts — including a high-level conference in July and the General Assembly’s endorsement of the New York Declaration reaffirming the two-state framework — had sought to preserve the possibility of a negotiated settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.

It said follow-up meetings at Sharm El-Sheikh, along with US-led initiatives under President Donald Trump aimed at halting the fighting, were intended to reopen a political process toward Palestinian statehood.

“A time-bound and irreversible political process, anchored in relevant UN resolutions must lead to the establishment of a sovereign, independent and contiguous State of Palestine on the basis of pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital,” Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmad told the council.

“It is high time to turn promises into action and speed up this process,” he added.

Ahmad said Pakistan backed Security Council Resolution 2803, which calls for efforts to sustain the ceasefire, expand aid access and restart a political track toward Palestinian statehood.

He said settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, had reached its highest levels since the United Nations began systematic monitoring, citing UN findings that more than 6,300 housing units were advanced during the reporting period.

Such actions, he said, had “no legal validity” under international law but continued to undermine the viability of the two-state solution.

Pakistan also defended the role of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), saying it remained indispensable for Palestinian refugees and must not be weakened by what it called unfounded criticism.

Ahmad condemned the storming of UNRWA’s headquarters in East Jerusalem earlier this month, calling it a violation of international law and the inviolability of UN premises, and urged full, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza, along with the immediate start of reconstruction without annexation or forced displacement.

Topics: Gaza peace plan

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