{"id":44290,"date":"2025-03-27T20:56:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=44290"},"modified":"2025-03-27T20:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:56:48","slug":"pakistan-and-uzbekistan-strengthen-digital-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-and-uzbekistan-strengthen-digital-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan and Uzbekistan Strengthen Digital Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44292\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44292\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/63622.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/63622.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/63622-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Pakistan, H.E. Alisher Tukhtaev , met with Federal Minister for Information Technology &amp; Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, in Islamabad on March 27, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"photo_p\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: 27 March 2025 &#8211; Uzbek Ambassador H.E. Alisher Tukhtaev met with the Federal Minister for IT &amp; Telecommunication to discuss expanding digital collaboration between Pakistan and Uzbekistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_p\">The Ambassador highlighted Uzbekistan\u2019s strategic position in Central Asia and proposed key initiatives, including a bilateral startup ecosystem, venture capital for tech projects, digital skills training (especially for women), and joint educational programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_p\">He also stressed the need for ministerial exchanges, an agreement on New Emerging Technologies, and a Joint Working Group (JWG) on IT &amp; Telecom.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"guCasjcU9u\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/international-transport-and-logistics-hub-in-termez-integrated-into-the-unhcr-global-supply-network\/\">International Transport and Logistics Hub in Termez integrated into the UNHCR Global Supply Network<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;International Transport and Logistics Hub in Termez integrated into the UNHCR Global Supply Network&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/international-transport-and-logistics-hub-in-termez-integrated-into-the-unhcr-global-supply-network\/embed\/#?secret=7ox2rLFGQH#?secret=guCasjcU9u\" data-secret=\"guCasjcU9u\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_p\">The Federal Minister for IT welcomed these initiatives, emphasizing Pakistan\u2019s strong cybersecurity capabilities through NCERT and NTISB. She reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to a One Window System for digital services and noted that the Ministry of IT has already shared an Action Plan with Uzbekistan via MOFA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_p\">She also underscored the importance of Optical Fiber Connectivity (OFC) through the Wakhan Corridor and China\u2019s Digital Silk Road, which would enhance regional digital integration and low-latency communication for Central Asian Republics (CARs).<\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_p\">Highlighting Pakistan\u2019s eight National Incubation Centers (NICs), the Minister invited Uzbek collaboration in nurturing startups and fostering innovation. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to advancing digital transformation, strengthening cybersecurity, and accelerating tech-driven economic growth in the region.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RYois64F9j\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-march-2025\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 March 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 March 2025&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-march-2025\/embed\/#?secret=nE10hE0Z5X#?secret=RYois64F9j\" data-secret=\"RYois64F9j\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: 27 March 2025 &#8211; Uzbek Ambassador H.E. Alisher Tukhtaev met with the Federal Minister for IT &amp; Telecommunication to discuss expanding digital collaboration between Pakistan and Uzbekistan. The Ambassador highlighted Uzbekistan\u2019s strategic position in Central Asia and proposed key initiatives, including a bilateral startup ecosystem, venture capital for tech projects, digital skills training (especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[140,5717,143,251,1194,319,48,1195,125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44294,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44290\/revisions\/44294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}