At the Indus AI Week summit in February 2026, Pakistan announced a $1 billion AI investment commitment by 2030 covering research, education, and ecosystem development. The commitment includes 1,000 fully funded PhD scholarships, AI curriculum rollout to Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Balochistan, startup and SME funding, and training of 1 million non-IT professionals. The investment represents dedicated funding attached to existing curriculum requirements and workforce training mandates, although disbursement timelines and institutional delivery mechanisms remain to be published.