Pakistan gets smallest chunk from IT freelance market
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March 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The KP government, Human Development Foundation (HDF) and the Creative Innovative Unit (CIU), have jointly established a freelancing centre in Mardan and for that a ceremony was held on Wednesday to sign an MoU.
Addressing on the occasion, the adviser to the CM KPK on Science, Technology and IT, Zia Ullah Khan Bangash, said the provincial government has been paying special attention to freelancing trades, while Haripur has been given the status of Pakistan s first digital city and special technological zone. Delivering his welcome address, Suhail Awan of HDF said poverty in Pakistan has increased from 24 percent to 40 percent and due to the Covid-19 pandemic, about 14.5 million people have lost their jobs. He said the HDF would set up a freelancing center in Mardan to enable people to become self-employed by acquiring freelancing skills through modern technology.
‘Pakistan gets smallest chunk from IT freelance market’
National
March 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The KP government, Human Development Foundation (HDF) and the Creative Innovative Unit (CIU), have jointly established a freelancing centre in Mardan and for that a ceremony was held on Wednesday to sign an MoU.
Addressing on the occasion, the adviser to the CM KPK on Science, Technology and IT, Zia Ullah Khan Bangash, said the provincial government has been paying special attention to freelancing trades, while Haripur has been given the status of Pakistan s first digital city and special technological zone. Delivering his welcome address, Suhail Awan of HDF said poverty in Pakistan has increased from 24 percent to 40 percent and due to the Covid-19 pandemic, about 14.5 million people have lost their jobs. He said the HDF would set up a freelancing center in Mardan to enable people to become self-employed by acquiring freelancing skills through modern technology.