KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has proposed working with Huawei on a pilot smart-city system for Karachi, with an initial focus on flood warnings, emergency response and city operations.
During a visit to the Chinese company’s urban-governance centre in Wuhan, Shah said data-driven technology could help Karachi address flooding, traffic, water management and waste disposal. The proposed pilot would begin in one district before potentially expanding across the city.
Shah said Sindh was seeking a long-term partnership involving technology transfer, training and local expertise—not simply the purchase of equipment. He also suggested study visits for provincial officials and closer cooperation between Huawei, Sindh’s universities and technical institutions.
The chief minister separately visited Wuhan’s artificial intelligence computing centre, where he discussed giving Sindh’s universities and researchers access to AI training and computing resources. He said Karachi Education City could help develop the province as a hub for research and emerging technologies.
In a separate meeting with Humanwell Healthcare Group, Shah invited the pharmaceutical company to explore manufacturing in Sindh, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished medicines. He pointed to the province’s industrial zones, ports, workforce and investment incentives, and urged the company to send a technical team to Karachi to assess potential joint ventures.
The Sindh government plans to pursue the Huawei proposals through a memorandum of understanding expected to be signed at an investment and trade conference in Shanghai later this week.
