Pakistan has invited social media giant Meta to collaborate in the areas of artificial intelligence ethics, digital safety and e-commerce standards to promote digital entrepreneurship.
The invitation has been extended during a meeting of Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan with a Meta delegation, led by its’s Director for Public Policy South Asia, Rafael Frankel, in Islamabad.
The Minister said Pakistan’s digital economy is among the fastest-growing in South Asia, powered by a youthful population, growing connectivity and a strong IT talent base.
He said the government is finalizing the National E-Commerce Policy to expand the market to twenty billion dollars by 2030.
The visiting Meta official commended Pakistan’s progress in digital transformation and expressed his keenness to expand cooperation in “AI-driven innovation, skills development and SME support.
