Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board has commenced a project “Establishment of Pakistan Digital City at Haripur” which is initially planned over an area of 86K-9M of land at Batrasi near Khanpur Interchange, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and will be scaled up in future. The Pakistan Digital City will host the ICT companies including some of the biggest names in the ICT industry. The aim of establishing the Digital City is to facilitate IT industry, promote business of the ICT and software companies, encourage innovations and entrepreneurship and to capitalize on the immense job creation potential of ICTs.
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Objectives
- To enable a digital hub built around the core concept of clustering the various players of the ICT industry for promoting and jumpstarting growth in the digital economy.
- To launch it as a Special Technology Zone (STZ) and offer an incentive framework to create the necessary pull factor for local and foreign enterprises.
- To facilitate the development of IT industry and help increase IT and ITeS export.
- To bridge the gap between academia and the ICT sector.
- To provide direct and indirect employment opportunities for ICT graduates in the country.
- To provide reliable ICT infrastructure and other allied amenities to ICT and ITeS services and businesses.
- To promote Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
- To promote the establishment of the BPO industry.
- To promote knowledge-based economy through a sustainable ecosystem designed to facilitate the business development of ICT companies.
- To promote Research & Development.
- To establish a facility for conducting ICT related exhibitions/workshops/boot camps/seminars etc.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Job Creation
- Enabling & Expanding E-Commerce
- Fostering Entrepreneurship
- Enhancing IT Based Exports
- Innovation
- Increase in Foreign Reserves
- Skills development.