LAHORE: Information Technology sector of Pakistan can play an instrumental rule in boosting exports of the country.
This was crux of the speeches delivered by office-bearers of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) and others at a seminar titled, IT Growth Opportunities, here on Thursday.
LCCI President Abdul Basit, Senior Vice President Amjad Ali Jawa, Vice President Muhammad Nasir Hameed Khan, Director International Marketing Pakistan Software Export Board Salman Hassan, Convener LCCI Standing Committee Amir Saeed, IT Expert Asim Saleem and Salman Basit spoke on the occasion.
The LCCI president said that IT sector contributed 17% to services sector's exports of $5 billion in 2016.
He said that at present about 2000 software houses and call centres were working in the country.
Various IT companies of Pakistan were providing services to the world's renowned entities, but despite all that Pakistan's IT sector contributes hardly 0.2pc to the global IT trade of around $500 billion.
Director International Marketing, Pakistan Software Export Board Salman Hassan informed the participants that to achieve its aims and objectives linked with promoting Pakistan's IT industry, the PSEB was undertaking research and study regarding the state of Pakistan's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, and proposing strategies to fast-track sustainable development in software and services, IT-enabled services, and hardware in both export and domestic markets.
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