@lzg the "laptop scheme" faced crazy amounts of criticism even back then. But now its mostly gone.
It single handedly gave #Pakistan a growing IT sector inspite almost a total lack of the subject in public schools and colleges back then.
And these kids have now spurred much more development in the form of IT institutes and subjects across the board, as demand for both jobs and computer literacy have increased.
No critics of the policy now, in fact theres demand for another round lol
bluGill