LAHORE ( Web News)
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood said the exports of information and communications technology (ICT) and telecom services increased by 38 percent from July 2020 to January 2021 as compared to last year.
He tweeted, “We are glad to share that for Jul-Jan 2021 (7 months), exports of ICT & Telecom Services grew by 38% to USD 1,119 million as compared to USD 811 million in July-Jan 2020. In Jan 2021, these exports grew by 26% to USD 161 million as compared to USD 128 million during Jan 2020.
“These exports now constitute a third of our total export of services, and therefore are of strategic importance to us. Insha’Allah, we would cross the USD 2 billion this year.”
