ISLAMABAD: Pakistan IT exports reached a record USD4.184 billion during July–May FY2025–26, rising 20.4% from USD3.475 billion in the same period a year earlier.
State Bank of Pakistan data showed that telecommunications, computer and information services exports earned USD 373 million in May 2026. The Finance Division rounded the 11-month total to USD4.2 billion in its June economic update.
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja had told the National Assembly that full-year receipts were expected to exceed USD4.5 billion. Finance adviser Khurram Schehzad separately confirmed the record USD4.2 billion earned through May.
The estimated FY26 total reached approximately USD4.5 billion, supported by software development, software-as-a-service, gaming, business process outsourcing and technology companies entering new markets.
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Business process outsourcing and call-centre exports exceeded USD300 million during the first 11 months, while call-centre receipts increased 19%, according to government reporting.
The report also attributed growth to small and medium-sized technology companies expanding beyond established markets into Japan, Singapore and the wider Asia-Pacific region. However, it did not provide a country-by-country export breakdown supporting that claim.
Pakistan recorded USD3.8 billion in IT, IT-enabled services and freelancer exports in FY2024–25. A final FY26 total of USD4.5 billion would therefore represent growth of about 18%, rather than the 29%,
