IT minister announces official policy for 10,000 e-work centers
Islamabad: The caretaker minister for information technology and telecommunications announced the official policy on Wednesday to set up about 10,000 e-job centers across the country, targeting freelancers who often do not have a suitable workplace. Dr. Umar Saif said in a post on Twitter that there are about 1.5 million freelancers working regularly in Pakistan. He emphasized that facilitating freelancers is necessary to improve their performance and efficiency at work. “If we can facilitate a million freelancers, their earnings will increase to about $10 billion a year,” he said, adding that with other measures already in place, including being allowed
