Tarin stresses on boosting e-commerce

ISLAMABAD:

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Thursday said that the government was supportive of promoting e-commerce industry as a catalyst to economic growth and source of future foreign direct investments. Chairing a meeting with the representatives of Daraz, the finance minister said he saw a great potential of promotion of small and medium enterprises in Pakistan if provided support by digital platforms like Daraz. He said such collaborative efforts would also create employment opportunities for youth in the country. The minister affirmed his support for the growth of e-commerce industry in Pakistan and directed Daraz to propose initiatives where the government could work in collaboration with the e-commerce industry. Earlier, Daraz Pakistan Managing Director Ehsan Saya briefed the minister that the online platform was offering 20 million different products and was visited by 15 million people every month. He said that various concessions offered to the IT industry by the government have proven helpful in promoting the e-commerce industry in Pakistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 13^th, 2021.

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