NIC to provide ample opportunities for promoting entrepreneurship, business momentum: Governor

PESHAWAR, Jan 13 (APP):Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Eng. Iqbal Zafar Jhagra while welcoming the
establishment of National Incubation Centre (NIC) under the aegis of
Federal Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom in Peshawar has
said that such initiatives would provide ample opportunities for
flourishing entrepreneurship and promote the spirit to creating a
positive business momentum in the province.
He was addressing the launching ceremony of the centre at the Roose Keeple
Hall of the Islamia College University here on Saturday wherein the
Prime Minister, Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was the chief guest.
The centre has been established in collaboration with Ignite, LMKT and
PTCL; the private sector entities. Federal Minister for Information and
Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb, Minister of State of Information
Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Rehman, Advisor to Prime
Minister Engr. Ameer Muqam, Parliamentarian and other concerned
officials were also present on the occasion.
The Governor welcomed inclusion of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the Digital
Pakistan Initiative of the Federal Government and said, “our people have
immense potential and such initiatives go a long way in creating a
positive business momentum in our province”.‘Initiatives for the youth
such as National Incubation Center here are crucial for development of
our young talent”, he said.
Entrepreneurship, the Governor said, requires not only setting up a business, but also
having the necessary support in terms of innovative ideas, marketing,
training, mentorship & ability to sustain the business against tough competition.
Not only that, he added, business environment also has to be positive
provided with back end support from the government – be it provincial or
federal. Therefore, he added, our economy requires mobilizing the
youth towards technology driven startups which have a high potential
growth and we can be in the league of global economic powers through
private and public collaborations as we witness today by Ignite, LMKT
and PTCL.
The
Governor expressed the confidence that the healthy business environment
will be helpful in creating way to Digital Pakistan and such like
incubation centres would play important role in this respect.