Pakistan’s IT Sector—A Rising Digital Hub?
Part 2 of Pakistan’s Potential Role in the New Global Tech and Manufacturing Shift
Pakistan certainly has ingredients to capitalize on these shifts. Its IT industry has been growing steadily over the past decade. By 2023-24, the country’s software and IT-enabled services sector was estimated at around $3.2 billion in size.
This includes software development, outsourcing services, call centers, and other IT-enabled services – a sector where 60% of services are exported abroad. In fact, Pakistan has quietly become a global force in freelance work.
The country has consistently been in the top 5 largest providers of freelance services for many years, and self-taught young programmers and designers selling their skills online. The vibrant freelance economy – from coding to content creation – has not only brought in export dollars but also nurtured a generation of tech-savvy youth.1
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