Pak IT companies to contribute $3.1bn to economy in 2024: experts

LAHORE:Experts at the Information Technology career fair here on Thursday said that Pakistan’s IT companies based on services and products would contribute 3.1 billion dollars to national economy in 2024.

They were speaking at the 13th Career Fair organised by Punjab University Faculty of Computing & Information Technology (FCIT) in which more than 65 leading IT companies from the software industry set up their stalls to hire the graduates of FCIT from a batch of around 500 coming from domains of computer science, software engineering and information technology. PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood, FCIT Dean Prof Dr Shahzad Sarwar, faculty members and a large number of students were present on the occasion. Addressing the ceremony, PU VC Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood said that we all have to play our role in getting Pakistan out of the crisis. He praised the organisers for providing the best career opportunity to the students. Students at the career fair were also enlightened about scholarships and entrepreneurship. Stalls were also set up by Punjab University Alumni Office, Placement and Alumni Office FCIT, Career Counselling & Placement Centre, Skill Development Centre and Business Incubation Centre. Prof Dr Shahzad Sarwar said that FCIT was committed to make an impact by delivering quality IT education and enhancing Pakistan’s share in the global market of software industry. He said that FCIT was the leading public sector institution of Pakistan which was producing skilled graduates who were working on key positions in multinational and national IT companies. He said that the purpose of the career fair was to facilitate FCIT graduates in matching their skills and abilities with the available career opportunities through interaction with recruitment executives and team leads of various software houses. He said that participant companies conducted interviews and preliminary recruitment tests, collected CVs, presented technological trends and shared job descriptions/specifications of the available opportunities with the students. He thanked the FCIT faculty members for their contribution towards achieving the goal of quality education.