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In another bit of good news and a continuation of the US business tours in 2007, several Pakistani IT companies will be attending CeBIT in Hannover this year. CeBIT is definitely the premier IT show in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Asia) and until it gets displaced by GITEX (Yeah, we’re rooting for you GITEX!) it [...]

In this news report from ARY, Yusuf Hussain, Managing Director of the PSEB explains that Pakistan’s IT fundamentals are considered to be the best in the world by firms such as Lehman Bros and the internationally respected analyst group, IDC. Yusuf also goes on to explain that while the current size of the IT industry [...]

As a consequence of the recent PSEB led business tour of the US, several Pakistani software companies are expecting to cement their ties with customers in America by signing a number of development contracts with them. The list of potential customers reads like a who’s-who of the Fortune 500. Potential contracts are expected from the [...]

Here’s a worthwhile goal! The PSEB has announced its intention to work with companies to bring in $200M in venture capital, by the year 2011. This was disclosed in a story published by The News. To put things in context, $200M would probably be able to drive the same value creation in terms of new [...]

The Gartner publication we reported on earlier that places Pakistan in First-tier outsourcing destinations, also contains some other interesting factoids concerning the industry. One of them, picked up by this article at HiPakistan, suggests that so far the Government of Pakistan has spent $67 Million promoting the Pakistani Software Industry. It’s great that the Government [...]

The Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN) in Silicon Valley recently hosted the PSEB delegation that is currently touring the US. Among the companies that were introduced to entrepreneurs, VCs and potential customers, were: Alp Business Service Management, CTO 24/7, Digital Prodigy, Digital Processing Systems, GoodCore Software, Intagleo Systems, Invaterra, Palmchip Pakistan, Prislogix, Post Amazers, Server4sale [...]

Unique Pakistan carries an in-depth interview with Yusuf Husain, Managing Director of the Pakistan Software Export Board. Among other things, Yusuf discusses the rationale behind the $2BN IT market size estimates PSEB uses, the growth rate for the IT sector in Pakistan – pegged at 50% YoY, and the potential for explosive growth in software [...]

As we reported a while back, a delegation led by the PSEB is going to be touring the US in January. The delegates are being hosted by the Texas Secretary of State, Mr. Phil Wilson. They stop by in Austin, Texas on the 16th of January. I’ll let the actual announcement do the rest of [...]

Here is a list of our predictions for 2008. While most of these predictions have to do with technology and IT companies in Pakistan, some of them are political. We’ll circle back on Jan 1 2009 to see how accurate our crystal ball was; until then, we’d love to hear your opinions! Share this:

Ok, this one is just plain ridiculous. The PSEB (Pakistan Software Export Board), is a government organization designed to promote software exports from Pakistan. Their website is supposed to be a resource that helps achieve this aim. Last I checked, the PSEB wasn’t a commercial startup and their website was NOT a means to earn [...]