LUMS Live Session 62: The Urbanisation of Pakistan and Telecom
Pakistan’s current population is about one-third urban. However, this figure will rise to nearly 50% by 2025. A direct proportional relation exists between urbanisation and the growth of the telecom industry of Pakistan. As per a recent article in DAWN, the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has noted that the “contribution of the telecom sector to the national exchequer has increased by 129 per cent in the fiscal year ending in June 2020 compared to a year ago owing to COVID-19 lockdown”.
What have been the causes of this exponential growth of the telecom industry in the country? How is urbanisation and the telecom industry interconnected? How equipped is Pakistan’s telecom infrastructure to propel the country towards digitalisation?
To learn more, watch the sixty-second session of LUMS Live: The Urbanisation of Pakistan and Telecom. The session was moderated by Dr. Zartash Uzmi. Our distinguished panelists included Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Mr. Ahmed Bilal Masud, and Mr. Parvez Iftikhar.