Commerce minister pushes sovereign cloud, AI-powered trade ecosystem for Pakistan
Pakistan's Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan is collaborating with digital authorities to develop a secure, AI-powered trade ecosystem. The initiative aims to centralize government trade data, improve cloud infrastructure, and provide actionable intelligence for exporters and policymakers.
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Digital transformation of trade data is essential for emerging economies to improve export efficiency and integrate into the global market.
ISLAMABAD - Federal Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan held separate meetings with representatives of the Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA) and the management of Sky47 to explore the development of a secure, integrated and AI-enabled digital ecosystem for the Ministry of Commerce and its attached organisations. The meetings focused on treating government data as a national asset, strengthening Pakistan's sovereign cloud and data-centre infrastructure, enabling secure data exchange, and utilising artificial intelligence for evidence-based trade and export policymaking, said a press release issued here on Friday. Jam Kamal Khan said the Ministry of Commerce maintains extensive information relating to thousands of tariff and product lines, exporters, international markets, trade bodies, chambers of commerce, business associations and overseas trade missions.
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