Thread by @Huk06

1/n Dear @ImranKhanPTI sir an appeal. Dubai, Singapore & Estonia are considered leaders in digital government in the world. Some of Dubai's most far reaching, impactful digital goverment projects have been done by a most capable Pakistani, Dr Sohail Munir.

2/n I had the pleasure to meet Dr Sohail many years earlier when as a younger man he built one of the most advanced Data Centers in the world for our military, one which is still operational today. I was blown away by his competence & humility & followed his stellar career.

3/n He is a world renowned GovTech thought leader who is heading Digital Transformation at Dubai Government as an Advisor of Emerging Technologies & Digital Transformation at Smart Dubai. He has 25 years of bleeding edge professional experience in the US, Pakistan & UAE.

4/n Here he is on the Youtube channel of one of the world's greatest business schools Insead sharing his expertise at the world's leading Blockchain summit discussing Blockchain use cases for government. What even in US they talk about he has already done

5/n Here is his bio at the leading Blockchain conference where he is described thus: "Simply, this guest at Blockchain NeXt is one of the biggest experts in this field." He was a VVIP guest at this conference in Poland medium.com/@blockchainnex…

6/n Here he is being hosted by PM of Estonia whom he wowed. No easy task. Estonia did blockchain before the word was invented & is the European and World leader in digital government. Also bonus pic with the legend John Mcafee because why not?

7/n Why such accolades & opportunities? Well he's brilliant:
Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management
PhD in Computer Science
MSc in Data Analytics
MSc in Industrial & Systems Engineering
MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
BSc in Computer and Information Science

8/n Two world leading projects he did are critical for Pakistan's destiny: He conceived and Launched UAE's Digital Identity UAE PASS. He did first ever production blockchain implementation in Government Sector for Settlement and Reconciliation of all Dubai Government payments.

9/n Sir in last ten years India has built a combination of digital identity & universal payment system which has powered its payments revolution. India can easily expect a boost of far more than a trillion dollars in less than a decade because of these initiatives.

10/n This is an advantage so great & strategic it should be treated as a national security threat. UPI crossed 10 lakh crore PKR in March with 2.3 billion transactions!!! Our response was to have been led by NADRA. Sadly sir there has been none. The world uses India as example

11/n Today I hear that Dr Sohail Munir may become Chairman NADRA. I am ecstatic! The man has done national identity project, knows emerging disruptive tech, has done national payments project! He can do digital idnetity and enablers like data definition law we need. Wow!

12/n Then I hear baseless rumors. He worked for Indian companies. He has American nationality. His company was blacklisted. All lies. As is always the case competency threatens mafias. This is how Pakistan is but sir NADRA is pivotal to digitizing Pakistan. Here are 2 examples

13/n Digital identity stack + SBP's RAAST will empower SMB's. That SMB empowerment through increased investment & productivity will give you 11B USD a year extra in GDP. Our ecommerce turnover is miniscule. Even with a 5% conversion of our retail market it's another 10B a year

14/n As a nation we're missing key basic building blocks of digitial & now have an opportunity to fix this grave flaw. This is a letter of appreciation from Deputy Ruler of Dubai for his work on "Invest in Dubai". Ofcourse the parasites of the status quo will not want this man

15/n Sir the CIO of SECP has singlehandedly made Pakistan jump most in global ease of business rankings. You have hired people in Ministry of IT who are quietly doing immense work on policy. Amer Hashmi as head of STZA is a bold and brilliant choice.

16/n Together these people are building a digital blueprint to unleash the potential of this nation & provide opportunity to its youth at scale. Dr Sohail Munir is needed to finish the work. Once data, identity & payments combine not even bureacrats can stop the revolution....

n/n .... It will run on its own, free from the stasis of the mafias, the elites, protectionist business groups & all forces that hold this country hostage. Mr. Prime Minister this tech revolution in just one term will be the greatest legacy of your first government. Let it be so.