Pakistan aims to quadruple IT exports to $5bn, with freelancing youth to the fore

Pakistan has given itself a new target for IT services exports, hoping that within three years it can win $5bn of revenue. The nation currently secures around $1.25bn annually from a mix of consultancy and contact centre services and has seen that figure jump by more than 25 precent year-on-year in recent times. The leap to $ …

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While the current and hoped for numbers are small compared to the big hitters in global IT exporters, their aim of about 2% GDP from IT would be doing quite well overall.