Govt. allocates Rs. 243 mln to establish SINO-Pak Center for Artificial Intelligence.

ISLAMABAD -- The government has allocated Rs. 243 million to establishment the SINO-Pak Center for Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) during the financial year 2022-23.

The core objective of the center is to build national capacity to carry out Research and Development in the emerging field of artificial intelligence by producing expertise through MS/Ph.D. programs.

The government had also allocated Rs 6330.696 million in the PSDP for the financial year 2022-23 for ongoing and new schemes of the Information Technology and Telecom Division.

As per the details, Rs 5,380.696 million was allocated for 31 ongoing schemes, while the allocation for five new schemes was Rs 950 million.

Among the ongoing schemes, Rs 719 million was earmarked for Technology Park Development Project Islamabad, Rs 320 million for High Impact Skill Bootcamp Islamabad and...