Govt committed to achieve $25b IT exports target in 3 years: PM Shehbaz

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday highlighting the government’s efforts to promote the telecommunications sector, reiterated its resolve to meet the target of $25 billion in IT exports in the next three years.

In a meeting with a five-member delegation of VEON Group led by Chairman Augie K Fabela here, the prime minister said that the government was taking measures to introduce 5G internet service to provide fast and reliable internet connectivity even in remote areas. The 5G services would also help the government realise its vision of Digital Pakistan, he added. The telecommunication sector had a significant role in promoting a cashless and digital economy, he said and lauded the services of VEON Group’s subsidiary Jazz in Pakistan’s telecommunications and financial technology sectors.

Prime Minister Shehbaz said that the government was willing to collaborate with VEON Group in IT, digitisation and artificial intelligence. The members of the delegation appreciated the government’s efforts for economic stability and said that Pakistan had become an important investment destination for the IT and telecom sector. Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunications Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Ali Pervaiz Malik, Coordinator to PM Rana Ehsan Afzal and relevant senior officers attended the meeting.