Ministry aims to take IT exports to $10b

Says pursuing digitisation at an accelerated pace


Our Correspondent October 18, 2017
PHOTO: REUTERS

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom Anusha Rahman has said that the IT ministry is rigorously pursuing accelerated digitisation and is committed to increasing IT exports to $10 billion by 2020 through dynamic and vibrant policy measures.

She stated this while chairing a board of directors’ meeting of the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) on Tuesday.cFederal IT Secretary Rizwan Bashir Khan, Member IT Syed Raza Ali Shah, PSEB Managing Director Syed Iftekhar Hussain Shah and other senior officials from the IT ministry were present.

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Rahman boasted that the government had created an enabling environment for the IT industry and small and medium enterprises in the information technology sector. “Pakistan’s IT remittances have grown phenomenally over the past few years,” she said, adding the ministry was now focusing on increasing exports.

“We have initiated different support programmes including participation in international exhibitions by local companies, local IT-based events, meetings with foreign investors, CMMI training and certification, capacity building through internships and trainings, infrastructure development projects and special incentives for start-ups to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship.”

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She urged IT companies to report their foreign remittances under the State Bank of Pakistan’s specified procedure so that an accurate picture of IT exports could be painted.

PSEB’s budget proposals were also approved by the board during the meeting.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 18th, 2017.

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