Islamabad:Pakistan Innovation Roadshows 2021 have been held across Pakistan to highlight the prowess of Pakistan’s IT industry and highlight success stories, particularly of startups. The innovation roadshows have been held in Abbottabad, Malakand, Swat, Peshawar, Mirpur, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Bahawalpur, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Karachi, Quetta and Lahore. Additional sessions would be held in Gilgit, Hunza, Rawalpindi and would culminate with a roadshow in Islamabad on March 29, 2021.

The roadshows have been organized by Ejad Labs in conjunction with the attached department of Ministry of IT & Telecom, JS Bank and Jazz Cash and other sponsors. MD PSEB Osman Nasir stated in his comments that Pakistan’s IT industry has achieved significant expansion and exports growth with Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore becoming Pakistan’s major tech hubs. The next phase of Pakistan’s IT growth would come from focus on secondary and tertiary cities of Pakistan and from supporting growth of startups and freelancers within the IT sector. PSEB supports all initiatives intended to ensure holistic growth of IT Industry in across Pakistan and is making significant efforts for setting up software technology parks on expedited basis in secondary and tertiary cities of Pakistan, he said. Pakistan’s IT sector has thrived despite COVID 19 Pandemic related global economic slowdown. ICT export remittances, including telecommunication, computer and information services have risen to US $1.119 billion at a growth rate of 37.86% during July-January of FY 2020-21, in comparison to US $811.845 million during July-January of FY 2019-20.