TU recognises Pakistan’s progress in Telecom

Recognising Pakistan for its innovative and highly successful policies aimed at increasing tele-density and reducing costs, ITU this year invited Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, Federal Minister for Information Technology, to be a keynote speaker at the plenary session of the Conference.

Only six Ministers were given this significant honour, with Leghari being the only politician in this group, the others being technocrats from their respective countries.

Awais Leghari was singled out by ITU for making a keynote address at the event, and was asked to speak on his success in transforming Pakistan’s mordant telecom sector into the most vibrant and rapidly growing field of economic activity that it is today…