Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has invited Huawei to set up research and development facilities and technology labs in the province, particularly at Karachi Education City. He made the invitation during a visit to Shanghai, where he asked for a partnership that goes beyond buying technology. The proposal is an invitation only, and no reply from the company has been reported.
Talks with Shanghai and a sister-city idea
During the visit, the chief minister met Shanghai Mayor Zhu Zhongming to discuss economic and investment ties, with a focus on technology, infrastructure and urban development. He proposed a formal sister-city partnership between Karachi and Shanghai, describing both as major commercial centres, and the mayor welcomed the idea. The chief minister said such a link could help with urban planning, public transport, technology and infrastructure.
Sindh ministers Sharjeel Inam Memon, Jam Khan Shoro and Muhammad Bux Mahar attended the meeting, along with Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab. The sources do not say whether a formal sister-city agreement was signed.
What Murad asked Huawei to do
After visiting Huawei's research and development centre in Shanghai and receiving a briefing on its latest information technology work, Murad said the Sindh government wanted more than a supplier relationship. He called for joint projects, research, capacity building and technology transfer. He said the Huawei technology labs he proposed could help the province build its own skills instead of relying only on imported technology.
The chief minister listed several areas for cooperation. These include the provincial government's cloud infrastructure, data centres, disaster recovery systems and cybersecurity. He also offered computing infrastructure for AI, which means computer systems that run machine learning and other intelligent software. He added that pilot projects with the government, universities and other institutions could help with smart-city planning and public services.
Murad said Sindh already has a provincial e-portal and wider plans for digital governance, and that its growing pool of young IT professionals could make the province a hub of skilled talent. He also praised the Lianqiu Lake Centre as a major global hub for terminal chips and wireless technologies. These were his own statements, and the sources do not include any response from Huawei or any timeline for the plans.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- The sources do not give a date for the Shanghai meeting or the Huawei briefing, so only the sequence is shown here.
- During the visit, Murad met Shanghai Mayor Zhu Zhongming and proposed a sister-city partnership, which the mayor welcomed.
- The chief minister visited Huawei's research and development centre in Shanghai and invited the company to set up labs in Sindh.
- No reply from Huawei, and no signed agreement, has been reported in the sources.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Sindh ke chief minister Murad Ali Shah ne Huawei ko Karachi mein technology labs aur research centre banane ki dawat di hai. Yeh abhi sirf ek dawat hai, aur company ka jawab ya koi signed muahida report nahi hua. Agar yeh mansooba aage barhta hai to naujawan IT professionals ko mauqe mil sakte hain. Filhal aam shehri ke bijli, gas ya petrol ke bill par is ka koi seedha asar nahi hai.
