ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia plan to forge a partnership in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, Pakistani state media reported on Friday.
The report came after Pakistani IT and Telecommunication Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja’s meeting with President of Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (DAIA) Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi in Riyadh.
The two figures discussed promoting enhanced bilateral cooperation under the framework of Saudi Vision 2030 and Pakistan’s National AI Policy 2025, the state-run Radio Pakistan broadcaster reported.
“The parties discussed leveraging Saudi Arabia’s ‘One Million Saudis in AI’ model to build capacity in artificial intelligence and emphasized mutual cooperation in the goal of training one million AI professionals in Pakistan,” the broadcaster reported.
Saudi Arabia is consolidating its economy on modern lines under the Vision 2030, which is a strategic development framework intended to cut the Kingdom’s reliance on oil. It is aimed at developing public service sectors in the Kingdom such as health, education, infrastructure, information technology (IT), recreation and tourism.
