MoIT Releases Digital Pakistan Policy 2017
The Digital Pakistan Policy primarily focuses on following fundamental areas:
IT Sector Sustainability Entrepreneurship and Innovation Sectoral Digitzation Cross-Sector Collaboration
Now Pakistan has its first-ever “Digital Pakistan Policy 2017”
MoIT says that:
Highlights of Pakistan’s IT Industry
The Digital Pakistan Policy has highlighted some main achievements of Pakistan’s IT Industry:
IT Exports grew 70% during past three years Freelancing revenues stood at $100 million in 2016 Revenues from domestic market reached $500 million in 2016 There are over 300,000 English-speaking IT professionals in the country There are 14 Software Technology Parks in Pakistan, covering an area of one million square feet Pakistan’s IT exports stood at $2.4 billion in 2016
Digital Pakistan Policy Goals
MoIT has said that it will now also develop an “Action Plan” along with the relevant ministries and departments detailing the time frame and outputs of the IT Policy. MoIT also outlined the departments and ministers that will responsible for achieving the goals set in the policy. MoITT said that:
