{"id":16113,"date":"2026-01-14T09:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/01\/14\/issi-leads-nrtc-visit-indigenous-telecom\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:31:25","slug":"issi-leads-nrtc-visit-indigenous-telecom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/?p=16113","title":{"rendered":"ISSI Leads NRTC Visit to Boost Indigenous Telecom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad, 13 January 2026 \u2014 An ISSI delegation led by <strong>Ambassador Khalid Mahmood<\/strong> conducted a study engagement at the National Radio Telecommunication Corporation to assess Pakistan&#8217;s indigenous radio and telecommunication capabilities. The NRTC visit focused on innovation, self-reliance and the strategic relevance of secure communications for national decision making.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Khalid Mahmood commended NRTC&#8217;s sustained efforts in developing homegrown technological solutions and highlighted the organisation&#8217;s pivotal role in reinforcing the country&#8217;s defence and security architecture through technical excellence. He emphasised that secure, resilient and indigenous communication systems are a vital pillar of national security, enabling effective command and control as well as informed strategic choices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brigadier Azmat Shabbir<\/strong>, Managing Director of NRTC, provided a detailed briefing on the organisation&#8217;s mandate, core functions and ongoing projects. He described NRTC&#8217;s contributions to both defence and civilian communication infrastructure, outlined emerging technological trends and identified key challenges in the telecom sector while pointing towards future directions for innovation and capability development.<\/p>\n<p>The NRTC visit fostered constructive dialogue on enhancing domestic manufacturing, research partnerships and workforce skills to support Pakistan&#8217;s telecom ecosystem. The engagement concluded with an exchange of mementos, reflecting mutual appreciation and a shared commitment to continued collaboration in support of the country&#8217;s technological and strategic advancement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISSI-led NRTC visit on Jan 13 explored indigenous telecom capabilities to strengthen secure communications and national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}