{"id":69829,"date":"2020-08-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69829"},"modified":"2020-08-28T16:41:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T11:41:03","slug":"pakistan-it-industry-ministry-sets-usd-5bn-exports-target-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-it-industry-ministry-sets-usd-5bn-exports-target-2023.html","title":{"rendered":"IT Ministry sets USD 5bn exports target for 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: Federal Minister for Information Technology (IT) Amin ul Haque on Thursday announced that the ministry had set an exports target worth USD 5 billion for 2023 via the country&#8217;s IT sector, a news source reported. Speaking at the IT Export Awards 2019 ceremony, the minister highlighted that Pakistan\u2019s IT industry was progressing rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-put-it-sector-development-on-cpec-agenda.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt to put IT sector development on CPEC agenda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haque said that the incumbent government was keenly interested in working with the IT sector. He stated that the ministry wanted to implement policies and measures for effectively energizing the exports and domestic technology adoption. He added that Pakistan\u2019s IT sector was growing rapidly, earning foreign exchange, creating high-paying jobs, and improving the nation\u2019s quality of life as well as productively via innovative solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister pointed out that IT export remittances had reached over USD 1.2 billion during previous financial year, which was a higher number compared to its preceding fiscal year. He added that with this growth in mind, the ministry set a target of USD 5 billion for IT export remittances for FY2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/e-payment-gateway-facility-announced-it-industry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E-payment gateway facility announced for IT industry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talking about IT parks, Haque said that groundbreaking of the IT park in Islamabad would be held at the end of 2020. He added that work was underway on an IT park in Karachi, and the one in Gilgit would soon be inaugurated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Information Technology (IT) Amin ul Haque on Thursday announced that the ministry had set an exports target worth USD 5 billion for 2023 via the country&#8217;s IT sector, a news source reported. Speaking at the IT Export Awards 2019 ceremony, the minister highlighted that Pakistan\u2019s IT industry was progressing rapidly. Read: Govt to put IT sector development on CPEC agenda Haque said that the incumbent government was keenly interested in working with the IT sector. He stated that the ministry wanted to implement policies and measures for effectively energizing the exports and domestic technology adoption. He added that Pakistan\u2019s IT sector was growing rapidly, earning foreign exchange, creating high-paying jobs, and improving the nation\u2019s quality of life as well as productively via innovative solutions. The minister pointed out that IT export remittances had reached over USD 1.2 billion during previous financial year, which was a higher number compared to its preceding fiscal year. He added that with this growth in mind, the ministry set a target of USD 5 billion for IT export remittances for FY2023. Read: E-payment gateway facility announced for IT industry Talking about IT parks, Haque said that groundbreaking of the IT park&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":69827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[38019],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-69829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allied-industries","tag-details-on-it-ministry-sets-usd-5bn-exports-target-for-2023","cat-15012-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan&#039;s IT Sector: USD5bn exports target set for 2023 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Federal Minister for IT Amin ul Haque announced that the ministry had set an exports target worth USD 5 billion for 2023 via the Pakistan&#039;s IT sector.\" \/>\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\/pakistan-it-industry-ministry-sets-usd-5bn-exports-target-2023.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan&#039;s IT Sector: USD5bn exports target set for 2023 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Federal Minister for IT Amin ul Haque announced that the ministry had set an exports target worth USD 5 billion for 2023 via the Pakistan&#039;s IT sector.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-it-industry-ministry-sets-usd-5bn-exports-target-2023.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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