US Tech Fund Commits $10 Million to 2 Pakistani IT Entrepreneurs

By Manik Aftab ⏐ 1 month ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

KARACHI: Pakistan’s two IT entrepreneurs—Mehwish Salman Ali and Malik Mudassir—will receive funding of $10 million from the USA-based JR Dallas Tech Fund, the premier private…

Punjab Leads in the IT sector. PSEB-Registered IT Companies list released

By Manik Aftab ⏐ 2 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

ISLAMABAD: A total of 20,711 information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITeS) companies are currently registered with the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), according to…

Pakistan’s ICT Export Remittances Surge Amid Record Growth

By Tech Desk ⏐ 5 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The ICT export remittances sector has significantly contributed to Pakistan’s economy, comprising over 10.5% of total exports in FY2023-24. The rapid expansion of the IT…

PTA Raises Concern Over Low Female Presence in the IT Industry

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 7 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The information technology (IT) industry and the digital landscape are experiencing significant growth, yet women in Pakistan remain “alarmingly low” in these fields. In a…

PSEB reports $40 returns for every dollar spent at GITEX Global

By Tech Desk ⏐ 9 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Zeeshan Khattak, the Acting CEO of the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), stated that the country’s IT firms are “seeing impressive returns” from GITEX Global…

IT ministry warns governments for taxes over IT

Unresolved Tax Issues Will Further Damage IT Exports; Says IT Ministry

By Abdullah Shahid ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Data from the State Bank of Pakistan shows that ITeS revenue is at a 10% month by month decline and at 4% year on year…

KPK govt has trained 100,000 youth in the IT sector: Asad Umar

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar recently talked about the progress the youth of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has made in the…

Systems Ltd bags its second Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion Award

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Almost a year ago, Systems Limited became the first Pakistani IT company to secure the prestigious Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion Award. Now, it has made…

Pakistan will get a boost towards the new era if it benefits from IT: President Alvi

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

President Arif Alvi believes that Pakistan is ripe for progress at an incredible scale and can count itself among the most important countries in the…

Government hastily introduces Internet tax expected to hurt freelancers, takes it back in wake of severe backlash

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The PTI government presented its third budget valued at Rs. 8,487 billion on Friday, amidst the usual sloganeering and fiery speeches, but what set it…

PM Khan’s Digital Pakistan Vision: Rs. 31 billion allocated for the development of Science & tech

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC), Pakistan’s top economic decision-making body has approved an Rs. 2.1 trillion…

Pakistan becomes the worst country for IT exports with zero facilities, as India leads in the region

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

An alarming report by the Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITeS (P@SHA) has revealed that after the recent withdrawal of the tax exemptions…

Bangladesh gives new tax exemptions to its IT industry as Pakistan does the opposite

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

According to reports, Bangladesh has exempted 9 more ICT services from tax as part of its fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), including cloud service, e-learning platforms,…

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