Tech Valley Pakistan, the premier Google for Education partner in the country, has delivered Sindh’s first Artificial Intelligence training session for a sitting provincial Cabinet, conducting an interactive workshop at Chief Minister House in Karachi with over 40 cabinet members, advisors, and special assistants receiving hands-on exposure to Artificial Intelligence tools being applied directly to governance functions.
The session was led by two of Google’s most senior education leaders, Mazen Abdallah, Head of Education for MENA and Pakistan at Google, and Alex Galland, APAC Digital Transformation Advisor at Google, with the workshop structured as a participatory, hands-on experience rather than a conventional lecture format to ensure that participants gained practical familiarity with the tools rather than passive awareness of them. The nearly two-hour session covered three specific Google Artificial Intelligence products with direct governance applications. Gemini AI was used to draft policy documents, summarise legislation, and analyse public grievances in real time. NotebookLM was used to transform Pakistan’s National Artificial Intelligence Policy into audio overviews, quizzes, mind maps, and slide decks, demonstrating how complex policy documents can be processed and made more accessible through Artificial Intelligence. Gemini Live was experienced as a real-time policy advisor and decision-support tool, giving participants a direct sense of how conversational Artificial Intelligence can support rapid analysis and response in a governance setting.
Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah described the session as proof that Sindh is executing its digital vision at an unprecedented scale and speed, framing the Cabinet-level training as evidence of the province’s commitment to embedding Artificial Intelligence into governance practice rather than treating it as a peripheral or aspirational objective. Tech Valley Founder and Chief Executive Officer Umar Farooq said the session demonstrates that digital transformation in Sindh is not limited to the education level but is now happening at the governance level as well, positioning the workshop as a milestone that reflects genuinely proactive leadership rather than reactive adaptation to technological change.
The Sindh Cabinet session follows a series of other Google and Tech Valley initiatives in the province including the launch of the first Google Gemini for Education Corner at NED University and the announcement of 20,000 Google Career Certificate scholarships for students at public-sector universities, indicating a coordinated approach to Artificial Intelligence adoption in Sindh spanning both institutional education and executive government.
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