On the sidelines of GITEX 2025, Federal Minister for IT & Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, held a series of high-level meetings with international leaders in technology, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity to enhance Pakistan’s global digital cooperation and innovation under the Digital Nation Pakistan vision.
In a meeting with H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Cybersecurity Council and Principal Cybersecurity Advisor to the UAE Government, discussions focused on strengthening cyber resilience, advancing cloud governance, and expanding collaboration in AI and data infrastructure. The Minister also met UAE’s largest sovereign cloud platform G42 (Group 42), Abu Dhabi, to explore partnerships on sovereign cloud infrastructure, AI innovation hubs, and GPU-based national compute capacity under Pakistan’s Cloud First Policy. Both sides agreed to develop frameworks for data sovereignty, cybersecurity capacity building, and joint training initiatives.
The Federal Minister also met Mr. Vasile Catalin, Advisor at the Ministry of Economy, Romania, to discuss cooperation in cybersecurity, AI policy and ethics, and digital governance. Both sides agreed to explore institutional linkages between Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team (PKCERT) and Romania’s National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC), as well as partnerships in e-governance, innovation ecosystems, and academic exchange programs.
In a separate meeting, Dr. Ramin Hasani, CEO & Co-Founder of Liquid AI (an MIT spinout), briefed the Minister on next-generation “liquid neural networks.” Both parties discussed collaboration on AI skill development, startup incubation, and research partnerships to support Pakistan’s National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2025. Similarly, during a meeting with Mr. Andrew Feldman, CEO of Cerebras Systems, discussions centered on establishing AI infrastructure, launching AI-focused training programs, and supporting local startups through access to advanced compute systems.
These engagements underscore Ministry of IT& Telecom’s commitment to building global partnerships in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure in advancing the vision of Digital Nation Pakistan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
