Is Pakistan ready for a digital revolution?

1. Introduction
2. What is called digital revolution? Historical overview of how it started
3. Present condition of Pakistan's digitization
 CPEC and its digital benefits
+fiber optics (increased leliabilty, security concers,increase speed lower data rates)
+digital TV(increase definition,increased revenue for media industry,cover 90 %oof
population)
 E-Governence(central date base at 8000 square km,increase people access to
data,more transparency)()
Last year, the National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) inaugurated the ‘first
ever’ National Data Centre of Pakistan in Islamabad at an event organised by Huawei. 
 Safe city projects(Islamabad and Lahore in previous govt)
 Online money transaction
 Online education in COVID-19
 Online business growth()
 Digital riding apps
4. What needs to be done
Internet challenge
Security challenges
Business friendly environment
5. Opinion
6. Recommendations
7. Conclusion

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Digital market:Smart home security appliances market :21 million dollar and
Increased by 33%

Smart home appliances market is 40 million and increased by 37 %

Cpec: 820 kilometres of fibre-optic cable, that will connect more

Pakistanis to the digital world.

Ant Financial Services, China’s biggest online payment service provider,

recently bought a 45% stake in Telenor Microfinance Bank, in a deal that
valued the Pakistani bank at $410 million.

Challenges:

internet penetration that currently stands at 22 per cent.

Pakistan will also have to improve its ranking in innovation and financial
inclusion on the WEF's Global Competitiveness indices — where it
currently ranks at 89 and 75 respectively
The digital world creates situation where there are no secrets
anymore.
Angela Merkel
Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find
and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital
cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more
explicit rules - not just for governments but for private companies.
Bill Gates
“There are no restrictions or barriers for preventing someone from becoming an addict to a
technological device.”
― Asa Don Brown

Digital revolution is never about

Definition - What does Digital Revolution mean?
The Digital Revolution refers to the advancement of technology from analog
electronic and mechanical devices to the digital technology available today. The era
started to during the 1980s and is ongoing. The Digital Revolution also marks the
beginning of the Information Era.
The Digital Revolution has never been about technology, but more to do with people and how
they get impacted in their day to day life. This also led to the widespread transition of
telecommunications creating innovative ways of working and socializing. Digital
Revolution completely transformed the way information dispersed across various sectors of the
globe; providing grounds for businesses to move beyond the national markets to other
markets, thereby reaching international markets, increasing the interconnection of the world.

The Digital Revolution is sometimes also called the Third Industrial Revolution.
The development and advancement of digital technologies started with one
fundamental idea: The Internet. Here is a brief timeline of how the Digital Revolution
progressed:

 1947-1979 - The transistor, which was introduced in 1947, paved the way for
the development of advanced digital computers. The government, military and
other organizations made use of computer systems during the 1950s and
1960s. This research eventually led to the creation of the World Wide Web.
  1980s - The computer became a familiar machine and by the end of the
decade, being able to use one became a necessity for many jobs. The first
cellphone was also introduced during this decade.
 1990s - By 1992, the World Wide Web had been introduced, and by 1996 the
Internet became a normal part of most business operations. By the late
1990s, the Internet became a part of everyday life for almost half of the
American population.
 2000s - By this decade, the Digital Revolution had begun to spread all over
the developing world; mobile phones were commonly seen, the number of
Internet users continued to grow, and the television started to transition from
using analog to digital signals.
 2010 and beyond - By this decade, Internet makes up more than 25 percent
of the world's population. Mobile communication has also become very
important, as nearly 70 percent of the world's population owns a mobile
phone. The connection between Internet websites and mobile gadgets has
become a standard in communication. It is predicted that by 2015, the
innovation of tablet computers will far surpass personal computers with the
use of the Internet and the promise of cloud computing services. This will
allow users to consume media and use business applications on their mobile
devices, applications that would would otherwise be too much for such
devices to handle.

It is strange that the old model for business can still manage to compete the new
innovative one

As of 2015, the digital economy is 22,5% of the world

According to forecasts of Forbes magazine (Forbes 2017), more than 60%

of the world's largest corporations will choose digital-transformation as
their core strategy. 58% and 57% of them see digital transformation as a
mean to increase customer satisfaction and to transform current business
models correspondingly

The global map is being altered at a much faster rate than anticipated due
to the disruption created by digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence, the
Internet of Things, and blockchain.

Emerging market:

At the World Economic Forum in 2017, Ebay’s chief executive, Devin

Wenig, highlighted Pakistan as one of the fastest growing e-commerce
markets in the world.

 In 2018, Alibaba bought Pakistan’s largest e-commerce platform,

Daraz.pk.

Developing countries:
A striking fact is that less-developed economics are quickly adopting these
technologies and are taking a lead in the usage of digital technologies
including e-payments in Kenya, land registration in India and e-commerce
in China.

Change the illetrates youth to adopt technologica dynamics

The greater challenge for Pakistan is to reach out to illiterate adults who
fear digital change. As one of the most adaptive digital economy, Singapore
made this structural shift in 1977 from efficiency-based skills to a
knowledge-based skills model.

Gap between policy implementing and available youth resources

through trainning

There is a clear gap between institutions and technology in Pakistan. The

governments tend to adopt technologies for service delivery with little
emphasis on empowering citizens to hold them accountable.

Challenges:

In the Digital Evolution Index 2017, Pakistan was ranked 56th, while the size of its ICT industry was
$3.5 billion.

In 2016, the Huawei Global Connectivity Index evaluated 50 countries, where Pakistan stood 50th in
the list.

The country, according to most estimates, still remains about five to seven years behind
the more established global polities in the development of its online business (e-
commerce) infrastructure.

Taniya iddrees:We are too excited after Tanya Aidrus and Baqar’s statements during Digital Pakistan
Vision launch and they were very confident that their sacrifices of higher paychecks for the sake of
the country are highly appreciable but they will be facing resistance from the stakeholders who have
been misusing the manual system for decades and it is an uphill task to compel such elements to
adopt and use this digital Endeavour which will choke their corruption stream but may streamline
things for the common people.