Umar Saif shares roadmap for increasing ‘Pakistan’s IT exports by $10 Billion a year’

LAHORE: Caretaker Federal Minister for IT & Telecom, and Science & Technology Dr Umar Saif on Wednesday announced that the IT ministry will be launching an ‘IT export strategy’ tomorrow. 

“Tomorrow we will be launching our first IT export strategy report. This has been developed in collaboration with a top-tier international consulting firm — PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) — for the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB),” wrote Umar Saif in a post on ‘X’.  

He also shared a roadmap for increasing Pakistan’s IT exports by $10 Billion a year.

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Tomorrow we will be launching our first IT export strategy report. This has been developed in collaboration with a top-tier international consulting firm — PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) — for Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB).

This is our roadmap for increasing Pakistan’s IT… pic.twitter.com/6U0bLx4yu5

— Umar Saif (@umarsaif) November 22, 2023

This is how Pakistan’s IT exports will be increased by $10 Billion a year:

• $5 Billion:  200,000 Additional IT workforce
• $3 Billion: 10,000 E-Rozgar freelancing centres
• $1 Billion: Dollar retention accounts
• $1: Pakistan startup fund

Federal Minister of IT and Telecom, Dr. Umar Saif will be launching first-ever IT and ITeS Export Strategy. This study by PSEB in collaboration with PwC charts a roadmap to accelerate the growth of our IT exports and achieve the national target of over 10 billion dollars in
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— Tech Destination Pakistan (@TechDestPak) November 22, 2023