ISLAMABAD, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Arif Alvi said on Monday that his country must adopt innovation-driven development to boost national progress and prosperity on sustainable grounds.
"Promoting innovative ideas, focusing on health and education sectors, timely adaptation to newly emerging technologies, as well as setting up the right priorities are keys to steering the nation on the path of development," the president said while addressing a ceremony in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi.
New ideas and innovation played an important role in human evolution and paved the way to the destination of advancement and progress, he said, adding that the development of intellectual resources is vital for the sustainable advancement of the country besides the development of natural resources.
The president highlighted the role of the rapidly growing information technology (IT) sector worldwide, noting that it encompasses all sectors of fundamental importance like finance, manufacturing, agriculture, education and health.
"In this regard, Pakistan can jump in the fastest moving development vehicle of IT by promoting ideas of our youth in the IT sector and creating an intellectual advantage in IT," he said.
At the moment, the services of millions of IT experts are required around the world, and Pakistan can acquire a considerable share out of the available opportunities by focusing on the IT sector for national growth, said the president. ■