Automation plays an increasingly important role in the growth of global economy and government should encourage & facilitate automation in every sector of the economy which will increase productivity manifold and reduce costs.

This was said by Zahid Maqbool, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry while talking to a delegation of IT sector at ICCI. He said the country can reap rich benefits by adopting automation as it replaces manual procedures and boosts efficiency, transparency and performance.

He said automation will produce multiple benefits to the government departments, businesses and economy at large including safer operating procedures, efficiency, faster response time, increased productivity, improved record keeping, better quality assurance and quality control, less variations and transparency etc.

He said that many industries are now moving towards automation for improving efficiency, productivity & quality of their products to meet international standards. However, he stressed that government should support industries in automation which will not only accelerate economic growth, it will entail better revenue for the government as all.

Zahid Maqbool urged the government to automate particularly its development sectors which will stir quality production, reduce cost and will guarantee a good place to Pakistan in the global competitive market.

The delegation members said that in this day and age of IT and computers, industrial automation has become increasingly important in the manufacturing process as automated systems are capable of handling repetitive tasks quickly and efficiently.

They said that that by tapping the full potential of automation, Pakistan could be able to compete much better in the increasingly competitive global market.

They called upon the government to pay attention to IT sector problems for remedial measures so that with the creation of a conducive environment for growth of IT, Pakistan could quickly move forward towards automation in all sectors of its economy.