PM Shehbaz promises to increase IT exports to $25 billion.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (APP) – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that Pakistan needed to increase its IT exports to $25 billion and IT investment to $20 billion within two to three years, adding that the government had already put in place a structure to enable one-window operations to help investors.

“This is something we can do.” This is challenging, but not impossible. “We must achieve this goal under any circumstances, with your help and expertise,” the prime minister said while speaking at an IT conference and opening ceremony for many IT-related projects here.

The PM informed the gathering of diplomats, IT specialists, investors, entrepreneurs, academics, and students that the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) will meet with them to discuss difficulties, identify answers, and move ahead in the same way that corporations do.

He said that Pakistan was endowed with enormous youth potential, with young people gaining new skills on a daily basis, but the export number of $2.5 billion did not reflect the potential due to a lack of assistance and outdated methods.

The prime minister mentioned a neighboring nation as an example of a country that excelled in IT and IT exports, saying that Pakistan was likewise poised to seize its spot.

Calling the investors his “masters,” he said that the government will provide them with all-inclusive amenities via the SIFC, since he led the apex committee and Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir was also fully involved.

He said that the SIFC will prioritize investment in agricultural, information technology, mining, and defense industries.

“This is truly a one-window operation, with the entire government sitting there and immediately extending facilities to potential investors.” “At any cost, no delay will be tolerated,” he promised.

The prime minister said that the Gulf nations were eager to invest in Pakistan, and that the country would gain from their investment in terms of income generation and export growth.

He asked all stakeholders to march in unison and do all possible to alter history because “we have the expertise and energy to do the wonder.”

He said that the government will work as a partner and catalyst in providing various forms of assistance to investors.

The prime minister encouraged moving ahead to alter the course of history, citing the “wastage of energies” during the previous government’s last four years in office.