During the launch ceremony of the National E-Tijarat Portal in Islamabad on Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a zero-tax policy on the earnings of registered freelancers.
He stated that the government will remove all barriers in the IT sector so that the youth can benefit from technology. He noted, using the example of a freelancer girl named Nadia from Gilgit-Baltistan, that IT is the simplest way for women to contribute to economic success.
He claims that 60 percent of the country’s population under 30 years old may be employed for this purpose.
According to Radio Pakistan, the prime minister launched the e-commerce portal to promote and facilitate Pakistani freelancers and businesses.
The Prime Minister noted that the IT industry is fundamentally youth-driven, claiming that tech titans make billions in their twenties and employ senior executives as subordinates. “Even today, older people have to work under younger people in the IT sector,” he said, adding that the future is quickly moving towards digitization.
Khan emphasized that the government is looking into ways to attract $50 billion in IT exports in the coming years. He acknowledged the country’s growing export potential in the local technology space, which has resulted in a $4.5 billion windfall in just a few years.
He believes that Pakistanis living abroad have great potential because they have excelled in a variety of disciplines when given the chance.
According to the Prime Minister, the country’s elite-centric structure has always hampered the common man’s success. Despite the lack of developed structures, he believes Pakistan’s youth has enormous potential.
After deliberations, the government, he promised, will increase incentives and remove barriers to help the country’s youth.
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