Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Tuesday called upon the government to focus on the computer industry that has tremendous potential to boost the country’s exports and create plenty of new jobs.
President ICCI Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan said that the computer industry would bring billions of dollars to the country through exports, but lack of a supportive ecosystem was a major hurdle in its growth.
He said that computer and IT exports of our immediate neighbour were over USD100 billion, but Pakistan’s share in the global market of computer services exports was very low, at around 0.2 percent.
He was addressing a delegation of Pakistan Computer Association Islamabad Chapter that visited ICCI led by Chariman Pakistan Computer Association (PCA) Munawar Iqbal, President Ibrar ul Haq, Abdullah Malik, Jamal Yousaf, Arshd Janjua, Abdul Rehman and others were in the delegation.
He said that lack of recognized international payment gateways such as PayPal was a major hurdle in the growth of e-commerce segment business and stressed that the government should arrange internationally recognized payment gateways in Pakistan that would boost the exports of this industry.
