Pakistan focused on further increasing IT exports, says Shaza Fatima

ISLAMABAD: According to Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication, on the instructions of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, efforts are underway to further boost the country’s IT exports.

This is a massive increase compared to $894 million during the same period of last year.
In October 2024 alone, ICT service exports generated $330 million, marking a 38.6 per cent rise from $238 million in October 2023.

Support from SIFC and PSEB key to strengthening ICT exports

She announced that ICT export remittances have risen significantly by 34.9 per cent, reaching $1.206 billion in the first four months of the fiscal year 2024-25 (July to October).

Khawaja said that with the full backing of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), the Ministry of IT, and the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), both the government and the IT industry are working together to further increase the country’s IT export earnings.

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