Atomcamp has partnered with the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication and the Civil Services Academy in Lahore to deliver a two day artificial intelligence workshop for probationers of the 54th Common Training Programme, continuing a broader effort to embed AI literacy into the training pipeline for Pakistan’s future civil servants. The initiative was carried out under the leadership of Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja and is described as being aligned with Pakistan’s National AI Policy.
The workshop focused on bridging the gap between high level policy objectives around artificial intelligence and their practical execution within government workflows, aiming to prepare the next generation of administrative leadership for the technological integration increasingly expected across public sector institutions. Atomcamp’s team worked to ensure the training translated broader policy goals into concrete, usable skills for probationers who will soon be stepping into administrative roles across Pakistan’s civil service.
The collaboration builds on a growing partnership between atomcamp, the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication, and the Civil Services Academy that has unfolded over the past several months. In an earlier phase of this effort, a similar two day intensive training programme was conducted for a batch of 150 probationary officers, drawing participants from Balochistan and Sindh, covering areas such as AI fundamentals, prompt engineering, administrative and research applications, productivity tools, and ethical considerations around AI use in government. That phase also included a training of trainers component, preparing around 30 faculty members from various civil service training institutions to serve as master trainers capable of extending AI instruction more widely across the country’s public training infrastructure.
Speaking on the broader initiative previously, the federal minister said the National Artificial Intelligence Policy places strong emphasis on building human capacity within government institutions, and that introducing AI training at the Civil Services Academy was intended to prepare future civil servants for the responsible and effective use of emerging technologies. She had also announced that AI training would be incorporated into the academy’s standing curriculum, meaning all future batches of civil servants would receive structured instruction in artificial intelligence rather than treating it as a one off intervention, with plans to expand the partnership with atomcamp to include more advanced AI modules over time.
The push to embed AI training within civil service preparation forms part of a wider set of digital reforms the ministry has been pursuing, including efforts to expand e-Office adoption across federal government divisions and reduce administrative processing times through digital workflows. Officials have framed the continued rollout of AI training across successive batches of the Common Training Programme as part of a long term strategy to align Pakistan’s public sector workforce with emerging AI governance and data protection frameworks, positioning artificial intelligence literacy as a foundational skill for future policymakers and administrators rather than a specialised add on.
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