Pakistan’s information communication and technology (ICT) exports increased by 9% or $64 million to $1.455 billion in the first half of the financial year 2024 (July-Dec’23), according to information shared by the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) on Wednesday.
The ICT exports stood at $1.335 billion for the same period the previous year.
In the month of December, the ICT services exports increased to $303 million, showing a hike of 22.67% in comparison to $247 million in December 2022.
“Pakistan recorded its highest monthly IT exports of $303mn, up $17 MoM and 23% YoY in Dec-2023,” said Mohammad Sohail, CEO of brokerage house Topline Securities in a post on X, formerly Twitter. The post was also reposted by Caretaker Minister for IT and Telecom Dr Umar Saif on X.