Pakistan Achieves Key Milestones in Digital and Telecom Growth: Shaza
Muhammad Javed Mushtaq :
Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja said on Wednesday that Pakistan’s telecom and digital sectors had shown impressive growth in recent years, making the country one of Asia’s fastest-emerging digital economies.
Speaking at the 26th Meeting of the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC-26), she said Pakistan had achieved key milestones under its Digital Nation Pakistan agenda. “We now have over 200 million mobile subscribers and 150 million broadband users, showing one of the fastest data adoption rates in Asia,” she said.
The minister said that data usage in Pakistan had increased by 70% in the past five years, while telecom revenues grew 17% annually, contributing Rs. 1.5 trillion to the national exchequer. “These figures reflect the strength and resilience of our telecom sector,”
she added.Highlighting the expanding digital economy, she said e-commerce in Pakistan had reached $7.7 billion and was expected to exceed $10 billion next year. ICT exports are also rising by nearly 20% each year.
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