{"id":69942,"date":"2020-09-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69942"},"modified":"2020-09-01T17:41:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T12:41:27","slug":"pm-setting-up-special-technology-zones-support-it-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-setting-up-special-technology-zones-support-it-industry.html","title":{"rendered":"PM for setting up Special Technology Zones to support IT industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently expressed the government\u2019s intent to set up Special Technology Zones in a bid to support the country\u2019s Information Technology (IT) industry, a news source reported on August 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-it-industry-ministry-sets-usd-5bn-exports-target-2023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IT Ministry sets USD 5bn exports target for 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a meeting with a delegation from the Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) and other industry representatives, the PM expressed his support for establishing said facilities in order to boost the sector\u2019s growth as well as improve the executive\u2019s ease-of-doing business initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per sources, the IT industry representatives had requested the government to set up these Special Technology Zones for providing opportunities to medium and small-scale firms within the sector. They opined that this measure would reduce infrastructure and other overhead costs for these companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-it-ministry-shares-two-year-performance-report.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IT Ministry shares its two-year performance report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources revealed that now with PM Khan showing his interest, he would direct the Planning Commission to approve the budget for the project proposed in this regard. They added that the PM had sought the project details called for its quick implementation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently expressed the government\u2019s intent to set up Special Technology Zones in a bid to support the country\u2019s Information Technology (IT) industry, a news source reported on August 28. Read: IT Ministry sets USD 5bn exports target for 2023 In a meeting with a delegation from the Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) and other industry representatives, the PM expressed his support for establishing said facilities in order to boost the sector\u2019s growth as well as improve the executive\u2019s ease-of-doing business initiatives. As per sources, the IT industry representatives had requested the government to set up these Special Technology Zones for providing opportunities to medium and small-scale firms within the sector. They opined that this measure would reduce infrastructure and other overhead costs for these companies. Read: IT Ministry shares its two-year performance report Sources revealed that now with PM Khan showing his interest, he would direct the Planning Commission to approve the budget for the project proposed in this regard. 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