LAHORE
The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s United Business Group Chairman Shahzad Ali Malik Sunday said that the global information technology business embodying huge opportunities for the country’s freelancers and stressed the need to enhance their skills to capture the vast international markets.
In a virtual address ,he said new opportunities in the IT sector were more rewarding than brick-and-mortar business set-ups.
He said Pakistani’s free lancers grappling the third global position and noted that there were about three million IT freelancers working across the country.
There should be a gradual increase in the number of IT freelancers each year by 100 pc as the global market was craving for a skilled people in the field, he added.
He maintained, that there is vast scope and Pakistan could progress in this field and increase its revenue manifolds by luring foreign investment through our freelancers.
Shahzad Ali Malik,Sitara-I-Imtiaz underlined the need for mobilising all Human Resources to capitalise the ever growing foreign market.
Further he said that it’s good omen that government has not levied any tax on such business which he added will help boost this business and fetch direly needed foreign exchange for the country which ultimately strengthen national economy.
Shahzad Ali Malik urged Pakistan Software Board come forward with a basket of excellent package to fully encourage the talented youth by offering a plenty of merit and needy scholarships for international standard specialisation in IT sector.
