{"id":35165,"date":"2026-07-25T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=35165"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:56:00","slug":"pakistan-gets-its-first-industrial-ai-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=35165","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan gets its first industrial AI hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Centre will integrate manufacturing tech, applied research to improve product quality<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/ai1784847799-0\/ai1784847799-0-640x480.webp\" alt=\"tribune\" title=\"tribune\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to establish Pakistan&#8217;s first-ever Center for Industrial Innovation and AI (CIINAI) at the National University of Technology (NUTECH), Islamabad, according to a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MoU was signed between the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), NUTECH and NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Haroon Akhtar Khan said the centre marks a historic milestone in Pakistan&#8217;s industrial development. He said strengthening collaboration between industry, academia and research institutions remains a government priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centre will integrate advanced manufacturing technologies, artificial intelligence and applied research under one platform to enhance industrial productivity, improve product quality and strengthen competitiveness in international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centre will be established by PIDC at its Korangi Creek Industrial Park, Karachi, where it will function as a common facility and training centre. It will provide industrial AI solutions, advanced manufacturing support, research and development, and technical training programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MoU was signed by PIDC CEO Rizwan Ahmed Bhatti, NUTECH Registrar Brig Salman Zafar (retd) and NED UET Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Tufail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2619927\/pakistan-gets-first-industrial-ai-hub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2619927\/pakistan-gets-first-industrial-ai-hub<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre will integrate manufacturing tech, applied research to improve product quality A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to establish Pakistan&#8217;s first-ever Center for Industrial Innovation and AI (CIINAI) at the National University of Technology (NUTECH), Islamabad, according to a statement on Thursday. The MoU was signed between the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), NUTECH [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[32430,32431,32433,12733,32432,483,32434,18714],"class_list":["post-35165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-ai-hub","tag-ai-industrial-hub","tag-applied-research","tag-high-tech-4","tag-manufacturing-tec","tag-pakistan-2","tag-product-quality","tag-sci-tech-2","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35166,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35165\/revisions\/35166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}