ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to establish ten new Software Technology Parks across Pakistan by next year.
This was stated during a briefing by the Ministry of Information Technology to a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Wednesday.
The meeting was informed that one hundred new e-employment centers will also be established in the country by 2025.
The project of Islamabad IT Park will be completed by 2025 with the cooperation of South Korea. It will provide startups, banks, restaurants, incubation centers, and other facilities.
The meeting was informed that South Korea is also collaborating in establishing an information technology park project near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi which will be completed by 2027.
So far, forty-three software technology parks have been established in 29 cities of the country.
IT Parks to Boost Pakistan’s Exports
Speaking on the occasion, the prime minister said that the establishment of IT parks will boost the country’s IT growth, and exports and will provide facilities to start-ups.
The PM directed that construction work of Islamabad IT Park should be completed at the earliest.
He also directed to conduct a third-party evaluation regarding the performance of software technology parks.
