August 19, 2026
The prime minister inaugurated Google's Islamabad office alongside company vice president Wilson L White, describing it as a major milestone. Google says it has been investing in Pakistan for more than a decade.
July 25, 2026
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated Sky47 Karakoram One, an 8.5-megawatt data centre and AI cloud facility in Islamabad described as the country's largest, with further capacity planned for Karachi and Lahore. He called it a step toward a "forward-looking Pakistan" and said the facility offers "impregnable security".
July 24, 2026
Pakistan's information technology sector recorded a historic $4.6 billion in exports during fiscal year 2026 — a 20.7 per cent increase on the previous year's $3.81 billion — as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened a review of the country's strategic IT roadmap today. The sector is expanding beyond traditional US and European markets into Japan and Singapore, and IT exports now account for 11.7 per cent of Pakistan's total monthly exports.
June 30, 2026
Pakistan's information technology sector earned $4.2 billion in export receipts in the first eleven months of FY2026, a roughly 20 percent year-on-year increase, with freelancers accounting for a record $1 billion — 25 percent of total sector exports — for the first time in the country's history.
June 25, 2026
Pakistan's IT and IT-enabled services exports reached a record $4.2 billion in the first eleven months of FY26, leaving the sector on course to meet the government's $4.5 billion full-year target.
LAHORE: The latest data from the State Bank of Pakistan revealed a 12.54% decline in Telecommunications, Computers and IT exports for January 2024 compared to the previous month. The figures, released on Monday, show a decline from $303 million in December 2023 to $265 million in January 2024. However, on a year-on-year basis, there has been a remarkable increase of 39.47% in exports, with January 2023 recording exports worth $190 million. Despite this year-over-year growth, the month-over-month decline points to challenges in the industry. Total services exports also declined month-on-month, falling by 7.25% to $678 million in January 2024 from
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