Myth: Pakistan is not a viable destination for IT & BPO Services

Pakistan is a great, cost-effective and stable environment for outsourcing bpo & IT Services. As of late, Even major Indian corporations have opened up IT shops in Pakistan. It is hoped that such mutually advantageous commerce will lead to peace between the two countries.

P@SHA
Pakistan Software Houses Association

If you are not doing business here already, you must have missed the news: Pakistan - the world's seventh populous state. With so many people, there was bound to be a revolution.

A revolution indeed. Pakistan has entered the 21st century.
2 million internet users and growing fast.
Over 1000 cities and towns connected
to the internet.
Almost 5 million cellular users growing at over 100% per annum.
Almost 50 national and international airlines serving millions of
passengers annually.
Over 250,000 kilometres of country-wide road network.
Over 52 million passengers using country wide railway network
per annum.
Located at the foot of Himalayas off the depths of the Arabian sea, Pakistan is the intersection of East and West. While its northern areas offer routes - both geographical and political - into the uncharted economies of central Asia and the fast growing economic giant - China, its southern shores offer unencumbered traffic to and from Australia, South Asia, the far East, Middle East, Europe and Africa.
That is yesterday's Pakistan.
While still securely located in one of the world's most commercially and politically strategic areas, Pakistan today offers a gateway into any and every conceivable medium.
As the country grows by leaps and bounds, we invite you to grow by gigabytes and megahertz.
The stage is set.
Our destination is your destination.
Our fuel is cost-efficiency and product
effectiveness.
Our vehicle is information technology.
Putting the Capital in Human Capital
Pakistan's government is cognizant of the value of its labor pool, and even more conscious of the importance of value-added skills information. With Pakistan's entry into the digital age, Pakistan's population growth is being outdone by its massive investment in human capital.
Within the past two years, the government of Pakistan has:
Committed almost Rs 1.5 billion to the development of human
capital.
Distributed nearly Rs 1.1 billion to over 45 human capital projects.
Set up facilities that will impart training in a host of value-added
skills and services to over 30,000 students. Among the areas of
training: systems integration, (such as Microsoft, Cisco) business
application (such as Oracle) and networking (such as Linux).
Established a fund that caters annually to over 4,000 graduate
and post-graduate students, specializing in information
technology.
Begun the process of training the entire spectrum of government
servants in the use of information technology, as specific to their
area of work/expertise.
Pakistan's population, one of the youngest in the world has consistently provided the country with its greatest wealth - a steady stream of skilled labor. The demographic profile of the country ensures that it will be supplied with a continued and growing labor pool. In particular:
33% of Pakistan's total labor force of 41.2 million workers is
composed of urban labor.
Over 43% of Pakistan's population is below 15 years of age.
The skilled urban labor force of Pakistan is over 15 million, strong
and growing.
There are clear and obvious advantages of doing business in Pakistan. Low costs, a wealth of trained professionals and a government actively engaged in creating a facilitative and enabling environment.
And its not just one area for which Pakistan should be considered.
Software development
Call centers
Transcription services
Business process improvement
Systems integration
Since attaining freedom in 1947, sustained economic growth has been a hallmark of Pakistan's economy. The country has never experienced negative growth. Indeed, the new millennium has only served to whet the economy's appetite for growth.
Countless consumer goods, financial, insurance and technology firms have set up shop in Pakistan.
Pakistan, now more than ever before, offers a low cost, high quality information technology frontier like none other.
The world is doing business with Pakistan. Why aren't you?
Companies like;
Citibank Nortel
Cisco Systems ABN-AMRO
Merrill lynch Invislign Technology
HSBC Siemens
Intel Motorola
Ericsson Microsoft
Oracle Compaq
and a battalion of other foreign companies are successfully doing business in Pakistan.