{"id":69697,"date":"2020-08-27T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T05:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69697"},"modified":"2020-08-27T10:37:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T05:37:49","slug":"ecommerce-boost-pakistans-gdp-usd-40bn-rcci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecommerce-boost-pakistans-gdp-usd-40bn-rcci.html","title":{"rendered":"E-commerce can boost Pakistan\u2019s GDP by USD 40bn: RCCI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (RCCI) President Saboor Malik on Tuesday stated that the e-commerce sector had the potential to boost Pakistan\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by USD 40 billion within the next two years, a news source reported. He added that the sector could also create around two million jobs in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-estimates-usd-3-6-bn-loss-gdp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WB estimates USD 3.6bn losses to Pakistan\u2019s GDP due to COVID-19<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RCCI President opined that Pakistan\u2019s information, technology, and communications sectors should undergo transformation to reposition the country in the digital economy market. He added that digital platforms across the world had been growing rapidly, and Pakistan needed to make progress on this front. He cited that the country lacked the availability of digital platforms for e-payments \u2013 stating that over 66% of e-shopping payments were via cash on delivery (COD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-mulls-using-tech-raise-tax-gdp-ratio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt mulls using tech to raise tax-to-GDP ratio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to the statistic that developed economies account for 20% digital transactions of their total transactions, Malik said that the government should overhaul the banking infrastructure. He added that there was a need to encourage businesses, petrol pumps, retailers, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), schools and colleges, and superstores to introduce payment gateways. He opined that digitalisation would also have a significant impact on jobs transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (RCCI) President Saboor Malik on Tuesday stated that the e-commerce sector had the potential to boost Pakistan\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by USD 40 billion within the next two years, a news source reported. He added that the sector could also create around two million jobs in the country. Read: WB estimates USD 3.6bn losses to Pakistan\u2019s GDP due to COVID-19 The RCCI President opined that Pakistan\u2019s information, technology, and communications sectors should undergo transformation to reposition the country in the digital economy market. He added that digital platforms across the world had been growing rapidly, and Pakistan needed to make progress on this front. He cited that the country lacked the availability of digital platforms for e-payments \u2013 stating that over 66% of e-shopping payments were via cash on delivery (COD). Read: Govt mulls using tech to raise tax-to-GDP ratio Referring to the statistic that developed economies account for 20% digital transactions of their total transactions, Malik said that the government should overhaul the banking infrastructure. He added that there was a need to encourage businesses, petrol pumps, retailers, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), schools and colleges, and superstores to introduce&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[37796],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-details-on-e-commerce-can-boost-pakistans-gdp-by-usd-40bn-rcci","9":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>E-commerce can boost Pakistan\u2019s GDP: RCCI - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"RCCI President Saboor Malik on Tuesday stated that e-commerce sector had the potential to boost Pakistan&#039;s GDP by USD 40 billion within the next two years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecommerce-boost-pakistans-gdp-usd-40bn-rcci.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"E-commerce can boost Pakistan\u2019s GDP: RCCI - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RCCI President Saboor Malik on Tuesday stated that e-commerce sector had the potential to boost Pakistan&#039;s GDP by USD 40 billion within the next two years.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecommerce-boost-pakistans-gdp-usd-40bn-rcci.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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