{"id":104767,"date":"2026-02-06T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=104767"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:25:17","slug":"pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-dco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-dco.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan assumes presidency of Digital Cooperation Organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Pakistan has assumed the presidency of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), succeeding Kuwait at the fifth General Assembly session of the organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the session, Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to the DCO\u2019s mission of promoting inclusive digital transformation and international cooperation. She said Pakistan, as a founding member, remains fully supportive of the organisation\u2019s efforts to foster shared digital growth among member states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DCO, launched in November 2020 by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait, serves as a multilateral platform focused on advancing the digital economy and addressing cross-border digital challenges. The organisation\u2019s annual General Assembly brings together member states and international partners to align policies and priorities in the digital domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/digital-nation-status-with-major-it-investments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pak eyes Digital Nation status with USD 700 mn IT investments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As council president, Pakistan will play an enhanced role in guiding the DCO\u2019s workstreams, strengthening cooperation on digital economy initiatives, and contributing to discussions on emerging technologies, digital skills development, data governance and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The leadership role is expected to expand Pakistan\u2019s engagement in global digital policy discussions and reinforce its participation in shaping frameworks for responsible and inclusive digital growth among DCO member countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan has assumed the presidency of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), succeeding Kuwait at the fifth General Assembly session of the organisation. Addressing the session, Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to the DCO\u2019s mission of promoting inclusive digital transformation and international cooperation. She said Pakistan, as a founding member, remains fully supportive of the organisation\u2019s efforts to foster shared digital growth among member states. The DCO, launched in November 2020 by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait, serves as a multilateral platform focused on advancing the digital economy and addressing cross-border digital challenges. The organisation\u2019s annual General Assembly brings together member states and international partners to align policies and priorities in the digital domain. Read: Pak eyes Digital Nation status with USD 700 mn IT investments As council president, Pakistan will play an enhanced role in guiding the DCO\u2019s workstreams, strengthening cooperation on digital economy initiatives, and contributing to discussions on emerging technologies, digital skills development, data governance and artificial intelligence. The leadership role is expected to expand Pakistan\u2019s engagement in global digital policy discussions and reinforce its participation in shaping frameworks for responsible and inclusive digital growth among DCO member&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":64102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[61069,64186,71129,71132,63332,51165,65573,71130,64429,67725,32,71133,71131],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-artificial-intelligence","9":"tag-data-governance","10":"tag-dco-presidency","11":"tag-digital-cooperation-organization","12":"tag-digital-economy","13":"tag-digital-policy","14":"tag-emerging-technologies","15":"tag-global-digital-growth","16":"tag-international-cooperation","17":"tag-multilateral-initiatives","18":"tag-pakistan","19":"tag-pakistan-it-ministry","20":"tag-shaza-fatima","21":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan assumes presidency of DCO - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The DCO, launched in November 2020 by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait, serves as a multilateral platform...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-dco.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan assumes presidency of DCO - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The DCO, launched in November 2020 by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait, serves as a multilateral platform...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-assumes-presidency-of-dco.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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