Pakistan\u2019s information and communication technology (ICT) sector recorded strong growth, with export remittances increasing by 19.78 per cent to $2.61 billion during July\u2013January of fiscal year 2025\u201326.
\nDuring the same period last year, exports stood at $2.18 billion.
\nOfficial data released by the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication showed that ICT services exports reached $374 million in January 2026.
\nThis was 19.5 per cent higher than $313 million recorded in January 2025. The steady monthly increase reflects continued global demand for Pakistan\u2019s IT and IT-enabled services.
\nFrom July 2025 to January 2026, total ICT export remittances stood at $2.61 billion, making it the best-performing segment in the services sector. It performed better than all other services categories. \u201cOther business services\u201d ranked second, recording $1.21 billion during the same period.
\nExperts say the growth is driven by better internet connectivity, a rising number of freelancers, competitive pricing, and government support measures to promote exports.
\nThe strong performance highlights the increasing importance of the ICT sector in Pakistan\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pakistan\u2019s information and communication technology (ICT) sector recorded strong growth, with export remittances increasing by 19.78 per cent to $2.61 billion during July\u2013January of fiscal year 2025\u201326. During the same period last year, exports stood at $2.18 billion. Official data released by the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication showed that ICT services exports reached …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93862,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93850\/revisions\/93862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}