
Dr. Usman Chohan (Economic Expert):The Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has great vision to digitalize national economy. The Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has very rightly hailed Chinese business IBI Group's decision to establish its Pakistan Digital Economy Headquarters in Pakistan. Factually, Pakistan has made enormous progress in digital sector and global major economic powers are also weighing entering Pakistan’s digital market due to higher potential and tune of market. The government needs to offer maximum facilitations to our young freelancers working in IT sector for foreign employers. In this regard, we may offer strong financial transaction system as our youth is well equipped with technological insights to handle all these issues by themselves. We need to create digital hubs for interaction between the local and international IT experts and entrepreneurs to promote coordination. Panda Bond may offer liquidity for our economic sector from vast Chinese capital market. Previously, Pakistan remained focused on Gulf and Western capital markets. Panda Bond will be free from international dollar based financial system because it is launched in Chinese currency which has huge potential for the future.
Dr. Talat Shabir (Economic Expert):Global economy is being transformed into digital so we also need to have a digital hub for digital transformation of economy. In this regard, Chinese business IBI Group's decision to establish its Pakistan Digital Economy Headquarters in Pakistan is very significant. Actually, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has wonderful vision for economic digitalization. It will connect our economy to global economic system and our traders and businessmen will benefit from it. It will also put our economy to right direction. Our rural areas lack access to digital equipment therefore the government needs to allocate funds to develop our rural areas digitally. In the wake of regional situation, we need to develop regional framework with China and other countries. Russia and China are regional powers and will like to have Pakistan as partner in regional security.