{"id":26040,"date":"2026-07-28T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=26040"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:35:09","slug":"gsma-convenes-national-leaders-to-advance-digital-pakistan-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-convenes-national-leaders-to-advance-digital-pakistan-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA Convenes National Leaders to Advance Digital Pakistan 2030\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

28 July 2026, Islamabad: <\/strong>Senior representatives from Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments, Gilgit-Baltistan, industry, regulators and development partners will convene at the GSMA Digital Nation Pakistan Ministerial Roundtable to identify practical actions that build on Pakistan’s growing digital momentum and accelerate the delivery of Digital Pakistan 2030. 
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The roundtable is one of the few forums to bring together federal ministries, all four provincial governments including representation from Gilgit-Baltistan, the national regulator, mobile industry leaders and international development partners around a shared agenda for Pakistan’s digital future. This breadth of participation reflects the growing recognition that delivering Digital Pakistan 2030 requires coordinated action across the federal government, provinces, industry and development partners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To inform these discussions, the GSMA has published a new discussion paper, Digital Pakistan 2030: Building Momentum for Sustainable Investment, Trust and Inclusive Growth<\/em><\/a>, which provides a framework for discussion by highlighting Pakistan’s recent progress and identifying five priorities to help translate today’s momentum into long-term economic and social outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussion paper highlights the significant progress Pakistan has made across spectrum policy, mobile internet and smartphone adoption, women’s digital inclusion, digital trust, cybersecurity and stronger collaboration between government and industry. It argues these advances have established stronger foundations for future growth, while emphasising that continued collaboration between government, industry and development partners will be essential to sustain momentum, create investment certainty, strengthen trusted digital infrastructure and deliver coordinated implementation across the digital ecosystem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Pakistan has established important foundations for digital growth, and the momentum of the past year is clear,” said <\/em>Julian Gorman, Head of Asia Pacific, GSMA<\/strong>. “What makes today’s roundtable particularly significant is the opportunity to bring together leaders from across government, industry and development organisations to discuss the practical actions needed to sustain that momentum. Delivering Digital Pakistan 2030 will depend on continued collaboration, shared priorities and coordinated implementation across the digital ecosystem.”<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our discussion paper is intended to support those conversations by providing a framework for discussion and identifying where collective action can have the greatest impact.”<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priorities for Digital Pakistan 2030<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GSMA discussion paper identifies five strategic priorities to build on Pakistan’s digital momentum and support the delivery of Digital Pakistan 2030:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n