Focus on computer industry stressed

ICCI President said the computer industry would bring billions of dollars to the country through exports

ISLAMABAD:

The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Tuesday called upon the government to focus on the computer industry that has tremendous potential to boost the country’s exports and create plenty of new jobs. ICCI President Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan said the computer industry would bring billions of dollars to the country through exports, but lack of a supportive ecosystem was a major hurdle in its growth. While addressing a delegation of Pakistan Computer Association Islamabad Chapter, led by its chairman Munawar Iqbal, he said lack of recognised international payment gateways such as PayPal was a major hurdle in the growth of e-commerce and stressed that the government should arrange internationally recognised payment gateways in Pakistan that would boost the exports of this industry. Khan stated that the government should ease tax regulations to encourage investment in the computer industry.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 4^th, 2020.

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