Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Ameenul Haq on Friday said Karachi has major share in IT exports. The city has big potential for growth in the IT industry.
Speaking at a meeting with members of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the minister emphasided that the nation, as a whole, should be more responsive to fast IT developments in the world. He regretted that even at big institutions of the country, the pace of digitalisation and innovations was very slow. He said his ministry was very aggressively pursuing the prime minister's vision of a "digital Pakistan".
The target was the spread of IT facilities and their productive use in every nook and corner of the country, he said.
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"Strong connectivity and broad-banding was the need of the hour and the business community could be the major player in this mission as they are the lead users of IT."
He said the government had also announced the mobile manufacturing policy which would prove very helpful to strengthen the IT industry of the country.
The IT Minister said in 2018, the country's IT export was only US$995 million, which increased to $1.4 billion in the next year and in 2020-21, the figure rose to $2 billion. The target for the current fiscal year set at $3.5 billion and for 2023, it was $8 billion.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2021.
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