Minister visits Huawei’s Global Service Centre

Business Recorder reported that federal minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja toured Huawei's Global Service Centre in Islamabad on Monday. During the visit she received a briefing on the facility's operations and spoke with young engineers and technology staff who support international ICT work. Ethan Sun, Huawei Pakistan's chief executive, and Ahmed Bilal Masud, who leads AI and Cloud at the company, greeted her alongside the centre's senior managers.

The minister described the centre as evidence of Pakistan's growing position as a global hub for technology and IT-enabled services. She called the model 'exports without shipping containers', saying skilled Pakistanis now deliver high-value digital services to overseas markets from home. She noted that around 68 percent of Pakistanis are under 30 and urged turning this young population into trained talent and international opportunities.

Shaza Fatima also welcomed Huawei's pledge to provide ICT training for 300,000 young Pakistanis, an effort linked to a partnership agreed during the Prime Minister's China visit. She urged closer ties among government, industry and universities, and asked the firm to expand investment and mentoring and consider an R&D centre in Pakistan. Ethan Sun said Huawei takes pride in strengthening local expertise, while the minister met women engineers and stressed more opportunities for women in technology.