{"id":61953,"date":"2020-02-26T15:37:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61953"},"modified":"2020-02-26T15:37:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:37:22","slug":"pm-approves-softwarecity-project-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-approves-softwarecity-project-islamabad.html","title":{"rendered":"PM approves \u2018Software City\u2019 project for Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently provided his approval to the establishment of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-inaugurates-science-and-technology-park-at-nust.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"\u2018Software City\u2019 (opens in a new tab)\">\u2018Software City\u2019<\/a> on 40 acres of land in Islamabad; further outlining his vision to increase the value of software exports to USD 10 billion, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed his views on the matter at a meeting wherein he discussed measures to boost the country\u2019s IT export levels. To this effect, he underscored the government\u2019s aim to reinvigorate the IT sector in Pakistan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/digital-pakistan-internship-portal-launched.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Digital Pakistan Internship Portal launched (opens in a new tab)\">Digital Pakistan Internship Portal launched<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further announced a\nrelief-package for small-scale software enterprises in order to bolster\nsoftware exports. He stated that cities across the country would be connected\nwith each other through the installation of telephone\ntowers, in addition to the completion of bandwidth\nand fibre optic process on an urgent\nbasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, it was decided to interconnect the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi through the digitalization process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-approves-new-blue-area-for-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PM approves \u2018New Blue Area\u2019 for Islamabad; project revenue to fund NPHP developments (opens in a new tab)\">PM approves \u2018New Blue Area\u2019 for Islamabad; project revenue to fund NPHP developments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Pakistani institutes would also be instructed to purchase from the local IT industry in tandem with the government policy to axe double taxation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, PM Khan invited the German software giant SAP to contribute to the government\u2019s \u2018Digital Pakistan\u2019 initiative and establish software labs across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-improve-islamabad-infrastructure.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CDA to hire consultants for improving Islamabad infrastructure (opens in a new tab)\">CDA to hire consultants for improving Islamabad infrastructure<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently provided his approval to the establishment of a \u2018Software City\u2019 on 40 acres of land in Islamabad; further outlining his vision to increase the value of software exports to USD 10 billion, a news source reported. He expressed his views on the matter at a meeting wherein he discussed measures to boost the country\u2019s IT export levels. To this effect, he underscored the government\u2019s aim to reinvigorate the IT sector in Pakistan. Read: Digital Pakistan Internship Portal launched He further announced a relief-package for small-scale software enterprises in order to bolster software exports. He stated that cities across the country would be connected with each other through the installation of telephone towers, in addition to the completion of bandwidth and fibre optic process on an urgent basis. Likewise, it was decided to interconnect the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi through the digitalization process. Read: PM approves \u2018New Blue Area\u2019 for Islamabad; project revenue to fund NPHP developments Moreover, Pakistani institutes would also be instructed to purchase from the local IT industry in tandem with the government policy to axe double taxation. Earlier, PM Khan invited the German software giant SAP to contribute&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":43179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385,15016,15017],"tags":[19173,41,21006,4099,6611,21005],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"category-new-developments","9":"category-notices-announcements","10":"tag-digital-pakistan","11":"tag-islamabad","12":"tag-it-industry","13":"tag-latest-update-on-capital-smart-city-islamabad","14":"tag-pm-announces-tax-break-for-it-exports-till-2025","15":"tag-software-city","16":"cat-20385-id","17":"cat-15016-id","18":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM approves &#039;Software City&#039; 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