Professor Ihsan Ayyub Qazi (LUMS) led an insightful session at the Pakistan Administrative Staff College for the participants of 123rd NMC today, emphasizing data analytics as a transformative tool for governance. The lecture highlighted how data-driven approaches unlock value from public datasets, enhance service transparency, and enable targeted interventions; from predicting school dropouts (as demonstrated in Brazil) to optimizing healthcare diagnostics.
Key takeaways included:
– Data’s role as a “national asset” for evidence-based policymaking.
– Real-world applications in education, healthcare, and fraud detection.
– Critical considerations around bias, fairness, and transparency in AI-driven analytics.
– Solutions to implementation challenges (e.g., data silos, skill gaps) through cross-department collaboration and capacity building.
The lecture concluded with an engaging Q&A session, during which the participants asked insightful questions seeking clarity on the diverse advancements in data analytics and how they relate to current practices in Pakistan.
