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Rapid Modernization Needed to Avoid Economic Marginalization
Pakistan is at a crossroads, facing a choice between rapidly embracing the agentic economy and integrating AI across nearly all industries or risking severe economic marginalization. The agentic economy, powered by intelligent autonomous AI agents, is expected to bring about a transformative change, similar to the Industrial Revolution or the rise of the internet. According to the article, published in Pakistan Observer, Pakistan requires a coordinated national industrial transformation program, expanded digital infrastructure, and radical reform of its educational system to produce AI creators, not just users.