ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Thursday that with a focus on training human resources as per contemporary needs, enabling the environment, and imbibing the spirit of entrepreneurship in the youth, the true potential of Pakistan’s IT sector could be achieved.
This will turn around and uplift the economy in the short to medium term, he said, addressing a Tech Destination Pakistan event that featured the launch of E-Rozgar Centers.
The PM said that the government, through its Digital Policy, envisioned bringing economic development and citizen empowerment through digital transformation as it worked on the vision of “Digital Pakistan” through multiple cross-sectoral digital transformation initiatives.
He said the government was taking every measure possible to facilitate the IT sector by fostering an enabling environment and an ecosystem through a broad range of policy, regulatory, legislative, and operational initiatives with a focus on inclusion to help reap the full benefits of digitalization.
PM Kakar said that the IT sector was the government’s focus for achieving economic prosperity and realizing the full potential of technological advancement.
He said that Pakistan had experienced considerable growth in the information and communication technology sector in recent years. The country’s ICT industry has become an important contributor to the economy, attracting FDI, generating revenue, and creating jobs.
The prime minister said that we are exporting IT and IT-enabled services to more than 190 nations. Our IT industry is an integral part of the knowledge economy, thereby earning its reputation as a leading offshore outsourcing destination through the availability of talent, innovation, government incentives, and other initiatives for the IT sector. With more than 90 percent Tele density, Pakistan was recently ranked as the second most financially attractive destination in the world for offshore outsourcing of IT and IT enabled Services (ITeS).
Freelancing Opportunities in Pakistan
He said that Pakistan was also ranked as the third most popular nation for freelancing. The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) and its committees had already started to deliver and perform their role in an active manner. Among other priority sectors, the inclusion of the IT Sector under the SIFC umbrella demonstrates the commitment of our government to further promoting the ICT industry.
