Online opportunities not only benefit the individual but also enhance foreign exchange reserves in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: I have recently heard a lot of buzz around the word freelancing, especially amongst the youth. Graduates no long squander over full time jobs, but instead earn a decent living through freelancing.
The government too is encouraging the people to explore the online world and earning has become easier than ever. It would not only benefit the individual but also enhance the foreign exchange reserves in a country like Pakistan. Providing skills in how to freelance through various programmes has managed to increase the number of freelancers and their revenue growth tremendously. A study shows that Pakistan is ranked 4th in the world in terms of growth in earnings by freelancers.
Every year hundreds of thousands of people graduate and enter the job market searching franticly for jobs but the truth is that jobs that are just not there. But now with online freelancing a whole new avenue of unexplored jobs has been opened.
Kanwal Ashraf
Published in The Express Tribune, February 28th, 2020.
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