CM Maryam visits Huawei offices in Shenzhen

Published December 14, 2024
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz visited Huawei Technologies’s Bantian headquarters in Shenzhen Longgang district on Dec 13, 2024. — screengrab via X/Marriyum_A
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz visited Huawei Technologies’s Bantian headquarters in Shenzhen Longgang district on Dec 13, 2024. — screengrab via X/Marriyum_A

LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz visited Huawei Technologies’s Bantian headquarters in Shenzhen Longgang district on Friday and discussed various initiatives to make Lahore a modern digital city.

She met Huawei’s Government Affairs Director Wang Chengdong and invited the Huawei Technologies president to visit Lahore and make investment in Pakistan, especially Punjab.

In the meeting, it was decided to make Lahore the first modern smart city of Pakistan with the cooperation of Huawei.

She offered Huawei cooperation in setting up an office in Nawaz Sharif IT City.

Published in Dawn, December 14th, 2024

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