{"id":12920,"date":"2024-06-04T04:18:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T04:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=12920"},"modified":"2024-06-04T04:18:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T04:18:16","slug":"bill-melinda-gates-foundation-delegation-calls-on-minister-of-state-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=12920","title":{"rendered":"Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation delegation calls on Minister of State for IT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"12921\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240604-WA0012-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240604-WA0012-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240604-WA0012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240604-WA0012-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240604-WA0012-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240604-WA0012.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLAMABAD : Delegation of Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation called on Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja.<br>The delegation comprised Deputy Director Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Mr. Jason Lamb and Foundation&#8217;s Country Lead in Pakistan Syed Ali Mahmood.<br>Matters related to digitalisation process in Pakistan, Digital Economy Enhancement Project (DEEP), fiberization, connectivity, and digital payments were discussed in the meeting.<br>CEO Karandaaz Waqas ul Hasan was also present in the meeting.<br>Minister of State for IT Shaza Fatima said the main focus of the present government is digitalization for which steps are underway to facilitate citizens and businesses.<br>She said fiberization, connectivity and digital devices are critical for digitalization.<br>Shaza Fatima said that digitalization will enable efficient public services delivery and higher degree of transparency.<br>The delegation appreciated the present government&#8217;s vision for digitalization and ensured Foundation&#8217;s full support in digitalization process in Pakistan.<br>Director General International Coordination, MoITT Syed Jawwad Ali Sherazi was also present in the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD : Delegation of Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation called on Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja.The delegation comprised Deputy Director Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,8],"tags":[718,894],"class_list":["post-12920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-technology","tag-bill-gates-foundation","tag-moitt-ministry-of-information-and-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12922,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12920\/revisions\/12922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}