Pakistani Minister for Crypto Bilal Bin Saqib Highlights Youth and Technology Vision at the UN General Assembly

At the 80th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly in New York Pakistan took a visible step forward in shaping the global debate on technology youth and sustainable ￰0￱ by Minister of State for Crypto and Blockchain

Bilal Bin Saqib who spoke at two high-level side events: one on Social Business Youth and Technology and another on AI Capacity Building co-hosted by Saudi Arabia

Kenya and ICAIRE with the support of the UN Office for Digital and Emerging ￰1￱ both engagements Bilal Bin Saqib and Pakistan’s message was clear: for the developing world technology is not an optional add-on but an essential tool for survival

resilience and ￰2￱ the social business forum Pakistan underscored the reality that millions of young people are already using digital tools to receive remittances fund micro-enterprises

and connect with the global ￰3￱ adoption is not driven by speculation but by necessity families seeking faster payments entrepreneurs looking for capital and communities searching for ￰4￱ challenge

as Pakistan framed it is how to channel this grassroots energy into transparent accountable and socially productive systems that can ￰5￱ second intervention on artificial intelligence reinforced the same theme but through a broader ￰6￱ Crypto Minister stated that AI is not a luxury reserved for advanced economies

but a necessity for developing nations seeking to leapfrog structural ￰7￱ call was for global cooperation to ensure equitable access ethical safeguards and collaborative models that allow the Global South to build capacity rather than fall further ￰8￱ made these interventions significant was not only the content but also the ￰9￱ was not speaking from the ￰10￱ UNGA80 it was treated as an active participant in shaping the global conversation on the intersection of technology

development and youth ￰11￱ progress made in digital adoption particularly in crypto and blockchain was acknowledged in New York as a case study of how emerging economies can move quickly when driven by ￰12￱ Pakistan

this marks a subtle but important shift in ￰13￱ longer simply a recipient of development agendas the country is positioning itself as a contributor of ideas and models demonstrating how digital assets social business frameworks

and AI can converge to tackle challenges of poverty inequality and climate ￰14￱ UNGA80 discussions showed that Pakistan is increasingly being viewed not as a follower but as a country ready to lead in the Global South’s engagement with emerging ￰15￱ Bin Saqib also met with Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus

the President of Microsoft Brad Smith and Kazakhstan’s Minister of Digital Development and Innovation Zhaslan Madiyev

during his visit to New York.