ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed the authorities concerned to expand IT exports to over $30 billion in the coming years.

While appreciating the Ministry of Information Technology’s achievement of the previous year’s IT export target of $3.8bn, the prime minister instructed the formulation of a comprehensive action plan with annual targets and concrete measures to surpass the $30bn mark, according to an press release issued by the PM Office.

Chairing a meeting to review initiatives of the National Information Technology Board (NITB) and the Ministry of Information Technology, the prime minister said the government was taking measures to boost the economy through digitisation, aligning it with modern global requirements.

Highlighting the development of a complete digital ecosystem to reach the $30bn IT export target, he directed the restructuring of NITB and the recruitment of........

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