Protection Desk
Through its continued efforts toward the early realization of the Digital Pakistan vision of the Government of Pakistan, the Ministry of IT & Telecom is committed to providing citizens with timely and equal access to opportunities by stimulating a culture of innovation through an overarching developmental agenda orchestrated to embrace cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence efficiently and responsibly.
In this regard, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy 2025 is a pivotal milestone for transforming Pakistan into a knowledge-based economy as it spells out a national strategy to establish an ecosystem necessary for AI adoption by harnessing an agile framework for addressing different aspects of unique user journeys encompassing different market horizontals and industry verticals by ensuring responsible and ethical use of AI.
Furthermore, the policy aims to go beyond the meagre approach of adopting technology to fundamentally rethink AI adoption in the local context so that new growth areas can be identified and intervened in considering the existing job market's relevance while empathizing with the country's growing population. This policy takes into account the "AI for Good" initiative by the International Telecommunication Union and the Sustainable Development Goals set forth by the United Nations.
Considering the disruptive nature of AI and allied technologies and how they are re-ordering the socio-economic construct of the world in which we desire to live. Therefore, it is essential to harness this opportunity responsibly while keeping the interests of a common person foremost. Therefore, to survive and thrive, Pakistan aims to revitalize its resolve toward digitalization, which will involve processing personal data through AI. To this end, this policy coherently interlaces with the draft Personal Data Protection Act, Pakistan Cloud First Policy, Digital Pakistan Policy, and Digital Nation Pakistan Act, and most importantly with Uraan Pakistan – the National Economic Transformation Plan 2024-29, among others.