ISLAMABAD: Tania Aidrus has created quite a buzz for quitting her job as an Executive of Google to join PM Imran’s Digital Pakistan Initiative.

Tania Aidrus thanked Jahangir Tareen and Prime Minister Imran Khan for giving her the opportunity to contribute back to Pakistan and everyone else supporting her to make #DigitalPakistan vision a reality.

Thank you PM @ImranKhanPTI and @JahangirKTareen for giving me the opportunity to contribute back to Pakistan. With everyone's support we will inshallah make #DigitalPakistan vision a reality.

As the PM says "ghabrana naheen hai" 😁

— Tania Aidrus (@taidrus) December 5, 2019

Aidrus while addressing the launch of 'Digital Pakistan Vision' said that with the premier's assurances she had the confidence to "take a leap of faith and contribute to Pakistan".

She also applauded the youth of Pakistan for being tech-savvy in limited opportunities provided to them.

Aidrus then introduced the five strategic basics which will form the basis of the new digital initiative:

• Access and Connectivity that ensures every Pakistani has access to the internet that is a fundamental right that we need to make available universally and especially to underserved populations.
• Digital Infrastructure that creates the ability to do most daily tasks using smart-phones in a secure and faster manner.
• E-Government that digitises intra-government operations and processes towards a paperless and efficient environment and also digitises government services for citizens and businesses for better delivery.
• Digital Skilling and Literacy that enables our tech graduates to secure relevant jobs. A majority of our tech graduates today cannot compete globally because our curriculum is outdated and barring them from monetising those skills.
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship that provides an enabling environment for startups to flourish.

In an interview given in 2018 Aidrus shared the best choice that she made in her career: "I decided to enter tech almost 10 years ago after graduating from business school, it was the best career decision I could have made - the internet is an incredibly powerful democratizing force and it has lowered barriers to information in an unimaginable way. That has the ability to change lives and economies at scale."