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Pakistan signs agreement to assemble Google Chromebooks locally

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Islamabad: In a significant development, the National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation, Allied Australian, and Tech Valley Pakistan signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) at the Federal Ministry of Education, paving the way for a state-of-the-art joint venture. Art Chromebook assembly line in Pakistan.

As per the Ministry of Information, the signing ceremony in the presence of Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and other senior officials is an important milestone in the technological development of the country.

The objective of the joint venture is to utilize the expertise, technology and market insights of each party to set up a world-class assembly line at NRTC, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, subject to necessary regulatory approvals and availability of infrastructure.

This partnership will boost Pakistan’s technology sector, create new opportunities for economic growth and create employment opportunities.

The assembly line will have an initial production capacity of 500,000 Chromebooks per year, which will be expanded to one million annually.

A formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will define the roles and responsibilities of each party, which will be finalized later. This collaboration has the potential to transform Pakistan into a hub for technology manufacturing and innovation in the region and the signing of the LoU is an important step towards achieving this goal.

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