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title: "Former SAARC Chamber President Calls for Local AI Development"
description: "Most outlets led with the call by former SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Iftikhar Ali Malik for the urgent development and application of localized artificial intelligence models across all sectors. The excerpts from both Associated Press of Pakistan and Daily Times are nearly identical in framing and wording, with no notable differences in emphasis or additional context provided."
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# Former SAARC Chamber President Calls for Local AI Development

business · updated 12 Oct 2026, 3:17 AM PKT · 11–12 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the call by former SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Iftikhar Ali Malik for the urgent development and application of localized artificial intelligence models across all sectors. The excerpts from both Associated Press of Pakistan and Daily Times are nearly identical in framing and wording, with no notable differences in emphasis or additional context provided.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Times** — [Local AI models to achieve economic growth: Malik](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1565931/local-ai-models-to-achieve-economic-growth-malik/) · 12 Oct 2026, 3:17 AM PKT
  > SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry former president Iftikhar Ali Malik on Sunday stressed the urgent need for developing localized artificial intelligence (AI) models and applying them across all sectors to achieve sustainable economic growth and meet future challenges of global competitiveness. According to a spokesperson, he said Pakistan had a large population, a young […]
- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [Local AI development key to global competitiveness, says Iftikhar Ali Malik](https://www.app.com.pk/punjab/local-ai-development-key-to-global-competitiveness-says-iftikhar-ali-malik/) · 11 Oct 2026, 2:08 PM PKT · 90% identical wording to the newest filing
  > SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry former president Iftikhar Ali Malik on Sunday stressed the urgent need for developing localized artificial intelligence (AI) models and applying them across all sectors to achieve sustainable economic growth and meet future challenges of global competitiveness.

2 articles from 2 outlets, 11–12 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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