{"id":124766,"date":"2026-09-01T22:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T17:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=124766"},"modified":"2026-09-01T22:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T17:24:42","slug":"pakistan-saudi-arabia-move-to-deepen-ai-data-governance-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/pakistan-saudi-arabia-move-to-deepen-ai-data-governance-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, Saudi Arabia move to deepen AI, data governance cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja and President of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi on Tuesday agreed to continue discussions aimed at further strengthening cooperation between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in artificial intelligence, data governance and emerging technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">During a meeting on the sidelines of LEAP 2026 in Riyadh, Shaza Fatima briefed the SDAIA president on Pakistan\u2019s ongoing initiatives to advance the country\u2019s national artificial intelligence and data governance agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">She reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to developing a strong data ecosystem and strengthening the country\u2019s digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides discussed ways to establish a comprehensive and sustainable partnership between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in artificial intelligence, data governance and emerging technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja and President of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi on Tuesday agreed to continue discussions aimed at further strengthening cooperation between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in artificial intelligence, data [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":124776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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