The Pakistan Software Export Board IT Export Awards were held on the 26th December 2018 at the Aiwan-e-Quaid Auditorium, Islamabad. PSEB IT Export Awards are an annual event where Pakistan’s top IT exporters are recognized for their contributions to Pakistan’s economy and therefore to the growth of the IT Industry in Pakistan.
The event was attended by Federal Secretary, IT and Telecommunication, Mr. Maroof Afzal, PSEB Board members, senior government officials and various other representatives of Pakistan’s IT Industry.
At the ceremony, the Federal Secretary IT and Telecommunication appreciated the IT sector for its contributions to Pakistan. According to him, Pakistan’s IT industry has reached an important milestone in its journey and has positioned itself to become one of the leading countries in the software and outsourcing services market and that it is vital at this stage to attract major investments in the IT sector.
He further added that improving IT export remittances by IT companies to the State Bank of Pakistan is a step in the right direction and that several recommendations based on industry consultations for ease of business and hence improving IT export remittances have been proposed and are under consideration by the Government.
Top IT exporters for 2018 included NetSol Technologies, S&P Global Pakistan and Systems Limited, whereas the top IT Products and Solutions exporters were Netsol Technologies, i2c Pakistan and Mentor Graphics, the Business Process Outsourcing export awards went to S&P Global Pakistan, Ibex Global Solutions and MTBC and in IT Consultancy Services export category, winners were Systems Limited, Teradata Global Consulting Pakistan and Afiniti Software Solutions. Business Process Outsourcing export awards went to S&P Global Pakistan, Ibex Global Solutions and MTBC. The awards for Call Centre Services went to SBT Pakistan, Ahsan Enterprises and Mindbridge. The Top IT Startups exporters were Digitronics Labs, Synavos Solutions and 3D Modeling Services.
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