{"id":7185,"date":"2026-04-01T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/?p=7185"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:59:03","slug":"pm-shehbaz-discusses-investment-opportunities-digital-economy-with-veon-group-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/pm-shehbaz-discusses-investment-opportunities-digital-economy-with-veon-group-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz discusses investment opportunities, digital economy with VEON group chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed investment opportunities and the promotion of the digital economy with Kaan Terzioglu, chief executive officer of VEON Group \u2014 a telecommunications and digital services company, state-run&nbsp;<em>PTV<\/em>&nbsp;said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a meeting with the VEON Group CEO at PM House, the prime minister \u201cemphasised the promotion of digital investment in Pakistan\u201d, the broadcaster said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meeting, the prime minister outlined the successful\u00a0auction\u00a0of the 5G spectrum that was held last month, with 480 megahertz (MHz) sold for $507 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three bidders \u2014 Zong, Jazz and Ufone \u2014 had competed for the 2,600MHz band, a key frequency range for 5G services. Zong acquired 110MHz, Ufone 180MHz and Jazz 190MHz during the auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, PM Shehbaz also shared details of the government\u2019s initiatives to digitise the economy by ensuring transparency and increasing youth participation in the IT sector,&nbsp;<em>PTV<\/em>&nbsp;added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terzioglu lauded the investment opportunities in Pakistan and the government\u2019s efforts to establish a cashless economy, according to the report. He also expressed VEON Group\u2019s intention to further increase investment in the country, said the state broadcaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from the spectrum auction, the government is also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1980754#:~:text=Apart%20from%20the%20spectrum%20auction%2C%20the%20government%20was%20also%20working%20on%20expanding%20satellite%2Dbased%20internet%20services%2C%20linking%20Pakistan%20with%20international%20cable%20systems%20to%20become%20an%20internet%20transit%20hub%2C%20and%20expanding%20fibre%20networks%20across%20the%20country.\">working<\/a>&nbsp;on expanding satellite-based internet services, linking Pakistan with international cable systems to become an internet transit hub, and expanding fibre networks across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed investment opportunities and the promotion of the digital economy with Kaan Terzioglu, chief executive officer of VEON Group \u2014 a telecommunications and digital services company, state-run&nbsp;PTV&nbsp;said on X. During a meeting with the VEON Group CEO at PM House, the prime minister \u201cemphasised the promotion of digital investment in Pakistan\u201d, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-policy-governance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7187,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7185\/revisions\/7187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}