{
  "id": 16909657,
  "title": "Secret to country's development lies in AI and digitisation, PM Shehbaz stresses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/secret-to-countrys-development-lies-in-ai-and-digitisation-pm-shehbaz-16909657",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-28T13:30:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2040459/secret-to-countrys-development-lies-in-ai-and-digitisation-pm-shehbaz-stresses"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif emphasized the pivotal role of artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalisation in Pakistan's development during a recent meeting in Islamabad. He stressed that these technologies could enhance the country's trade, exports, agricultural productivity, and public services, urging the effective implementation of the government's strategic partnership with global marketing company Alibaba. The premier highlighted that AI and digitalisation could play a vital role in boosting Pakistan's economy and improving public services. He welcomed Alibaba's cooperation in facilitating agricultural exports to Chinese markets, facilitating automation in agriculture, and implementing an AI-assisted cancer early-detection system. The prime minister also directed the implementation of a 15-day AI training program for IT graduates and directed Ogra to introduce an analytics system for monitoring the petroleum products supply chain. The Export Promotion Board was instructed to work with Alibaba to increase Pakistan's exports. The meeting reviewed progress on the use of AI and digitalisation in various sectors, including agriculture, healthcare, energy, and higher education.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday stressed that artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalisation could improve Pakistan’s trade, exports and other areas of development and called for effective implementation of the government’s strategic partnership with global marketing company Alibaba. The premier was chairing a meeting in Islamabad reviewing progress on the use of AI and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}