Shaza Fatima Holds High-Level Meetings to Boost Pakistan’s Global Digital Cooperation at GITEX 2025

Dubai: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Tuesday held a series of high-level meetings with international technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and cybersecurity leaders to strengthen Pakistan’s digital cooperation and innovation under the “Digital Nation” vision.

According to an official statement, the meetings took place on the sidelines of GITEX 2025 in Dubai, where the Minister discussed wide-ranging collaborations to enhance Pakistan’s cyber resilience, data governance, and AI capabilities.

During her meeting with Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Cybersecurity Council and Principal Cybersecurity Advisor to the UAE Government, Shaza Fatima emphasized deepening cooperation in cyber resilience, cloud governance, and AI infrastructure. Both sides agreed to develop frameworks for data sovereignty, cybersecurity capacity building, and joint training initiatives.

The Minister also met officials from G42 (Group 42) — UAE’s largest sovereign cloud platform — to explore partnerships on sovereign cloud infrastructure, AI innovation hubs, and GPU-based national compute capacity under Pakistan’s Cloud First Policy.

In another meeting with Vasile Catalin, Advisor at the Romanian Ministry of Economy, both sides agreed to explore institutional linkages between Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team (PKCERT) and Romania’s National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC). The discussions also covered cooperation in AI policy and ethics, digital governance, and academic exchange programs.

In a separate engagement, Dr. Ramin Hasani, CEO and Co-Founder of Liquid AI — an MIT spinout — briefed the Minister on next-generation “liquid neural networks.” The meeting focused on AI skill development, startup incubation, and research partnerships in line with Pakistan’s National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2025.

The Minister also held discussions with Andrew Feldman, CEO of Cerebras Systems, focusing on the establishment of AI infrastructure, AI-focused training programs, and support for local startups through access to advanced compute systems.

Officials said the engagements reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to expanding its role in the global digital ecosystem and fostering innovation-driven partnerships for sustainable development.