S&IT Department Holds Strategic Meeting with Google, Allied and Tech Valley Delegation.

S&IT Department Holds Strategic Meeting with Google, Allied and Tech Valley Delegation.

Karachi, 22nd September 2026: A strategic meeting was held at the Science & Information Technology Department, Government of Sindh, between Mr. Muhammad Ali Rashid, Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh for S&IT, and a high-level delegation from Google, Allied and Tech Valley Pakistan. The meeting was attended by Mr. Agha Suhail Ahmed, Secretary S&IT Department, Dr. Shahzeb Malik, Member (IT), Mr. Zain ul Abideen Shah, CEO Sindh IT Company (SITC), and his team including Mr. Moiz Hussain, CFO SITC, and Senior Officers of S&IT Department.

The Google and Allied delegation comprised Mr. Tim Paolini, Special Initiative – MENA; Mr. Aron Jackson, CEO Allied Australia; and Mr. Heath Cutting, Managing Director Allied Europe, while the Tech Valley team included Mr. Umar Farooq, CEO; Mr. Sheikh Subhan, Regional Manager; and Mr. Waleed Najam, Program Associate. The meeting focused on key areas of collaboration, including progress on the GCC Sindh Program 2026, Google Workspace licenses and subscriptions, provincial adoption strategies, AI capacity building, and long-term participation of SITC in technology and digital transformation initiatives.

During the meeting, the participants discussed opportunities to expand digital skills and access to emerging technologies across Sindh, strengthen institutional adoption of digital productivity tools, and develop sustainable AI capacity-building programmes. The meeting concluded with an understanding to maintain continued coordination among the Government of Sindh, Google, Allied, Tech Valley and SITC for taking forward the discussed initiatives and future areas of collaboration.