Pakistan’s biggest obstacle in the artificial intelligence race is not technology but talent, according to a new policy proposal submitted ahead of the FY2026-27 budget.
According to private-sector AI consulting firm Densight Labs, fewer than 10 percent of Pakistan’s active IT professionals possess applied AI skills, compared with roughly 31 percent in India, 42 percent in Malaysia, and 55 percent in the UAE.
Although Pakistan produces more than 75,000 IT graduates each year, the study argues that outdated curricula and weak industry linkages are preventing workers from gaining the skills needed for high-value AI jobs.
Closing the country’s digital skills gap could add as much as Rs. 2.8 trillion to the annual GDP by 2030.
To address the challenge, the report proposes a Rs. 5 billion National Applied AI Skilling Fund aimed at training 100,000 workers through advanced and foundational AI programs.
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Oh wow really. Can you tell me if ministers and prime ministers and the chief has ai expertise . Let’s test them
Industry wide AI adoption and its meadurable profits are still being evaluated in US per MITs research…there’s nothing to be worried on this for now…after all people in pakistan learned all freelancer skills with close to zero interest and investment from Pakistans Govt.