ISLAMABAD, 28 September, 2026 (Kamran Raja): Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja visited Huawei’s Global Service Center (GSC) in Islamabad, where she received a briefing on its operations, toured the facility and interacted with young Pakistani engineers and technology professionals supporting global ICT operations. The Minister was received by Huawei Pakistan CEO Ethan Sun, CEO AI & Cloud Huawei Pakistan Ahmed Bilal Masud and senior management of the Global Service Center. Speaking on the occasion, Shaza Fatima said Huawei’s Global Service Center demonstrated Pakistan’s growing potential as a hub for technology and IT-enabled services, describing the model as “exports without shipping containers” as Pakistani professionals increasingly deliver high-value digital services to international markets from within the country. She highlighted Pakistan’s young workforce and said the country needed to translate its demographic strength into skilled human capital and global economic opportunities. Recalling the Huawei-Pakistan training partnership agreed during the Prime Minister’s visit to China, the Minister appreciated Huawei’s commitment to train 300,000 young Pakistanis in ICT skills and stressed stronger collaboration among government, industry and academia to develop a sustainable technology talent pipeline and connect young Pakistanis with international opportunities. She also appreciated Huawei’s contribution to technical capacity building through its ICT Academies and encouraged the company to expand investment, knowledge transfer and mentoring, while exploring opportunities to establish a research and development centre in Pakistan. Interacting with women engineers at the centre, the Minister appreciated their contribution to Pakistan’s digital economy and underscored the importance of creating greater opportunities for women in the technology sector. Speaking on the occasion, Huawei Pakistan CEO Ethan Sun said Huawei was proud to contribute to Pakistan’s digital development by strengthening local technical expertise and creating opportunities for Pakistani professionals to participate in the global digital economy. The Huawei Global Service Center in Islamabad serves as a hub for global technology operations, providing remote technical support, network operations, service assurance and other advanced ICT services to international customers, while providing Pakistani engineers and technology professionals with opportunities to contribute to global technology operations from within Pakistan.