Pakistan’s Information and Communication Technology sector has recorded a strong export performance in the first eight months of the current fiscal year, with total ICT export remittances reaching $2.97 billion during the July to February period of fiscal year 2025-26, compared to $2.48 billion in the corresponding period of fiscal year 2024-25, reflecting a growth of 19.7 percent. The figures, shared under the Digital Nation Pakistan and Tech Destination Pakistan initiatives, underscore the continued upward trajectory of Pakistan’s technology export base at a time when the government is making significant investments in digital infrastructure, connectivity, and human capital development. On a monthly basis, ICT services export remittances in February 2026 stood at $365 million, representing a 19.3 percent increase over the $306 million recorded in February 2025, maintaining the sector’s positive momentum on a year-on-year basis through the most recently reported month.
Within the broader services export landscape, the Information and Communication Technology sector stands out as the highest-earning category, with ICT remittances accounting for the largest share among all services sectors tracked during the July 2025 to February 2026 period. Other business services followed as the second-highest contributor at $1.3 billion, underscoring the dominance of technology and knowledge-based services in Pakistan’s overall services export composition. The sector’s consistent outperformance relative to other services categories reflects the structural growth of Pakistan’s technology industry, which has been driven by a combination of a large and young technically educated workforce, competitive pricing, growing global demand for software development and digital services outsourcing, and a gradual improvement in the country’s broadband and connectivity infrastructure that has made remote service delivery more viable for international clients.
The trade surplus generated by the ICT sector during the eight-month period reached $2.55 billion, equivalent to 86 percent of total ICT exports for fiscal year 2024-25, a figure that highlights the highly favourable trade dynamics of a sector built predominantly on knowledge-based service exports rather than physical goods. This trade surplus represents a 20 percent increase compared to the $2.12 billion surplus recorded during the same period of the previous fiscal year, pointing to sustained improvement in the net export contribution of Pakistan’s technology industry over time. The government’s ongoing policy focus on expanding digital infrastructure, including the recently concluded 5G spectrum auction, the planned addition of three new submarine internet cables, and initiatives to grow the pool of technically skilled professionals through free digital education programmes, is expected to provide further structural support to ICT export growth in the remaining months of the fiscal year and beyond, as Pakistani technology companies gain access to faster, more reliable connectivity and a broader base of trained talent from which to recruit and scale their operations for international clients.
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