IT sector to prove as economic jumpstart for Pakistan: president – China.org.cn

ISLAMABAD, May 14 (Xinhua) — Pakistani President Arif Alvi said on Saturday that the information technology (IT) sector has the full potential to be an economic jumpstart for the country, stressing that developing the sector is the shortest path to development and prosperity. “IT has revolutionized all sectors and it has the ability to bring exponential change,” the president said while addressing a ceremony in Islamabad. Referring to the huge youth bulge of the country, Alvi said that if properly honed, educated and trained, youth can excel in different fields of emerging technologies, thus paving a way for rapid national…