ICCI demands Media-cum-Tech City in Islamabad to promote IT exports

Islamabad October 16 (Online): Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) President Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan said that Pakistan has abundant IT & media talent and tremendous potential to promote export of content, IT and software products. Therefore, he called upon the government to consider establishing a Media-cum-Tech City in Islamabad in order to develop an ecosystem for promotion of media and IT sectors. He said this City could accommodate the media and ICT related houses and give a boost to business activities. The ICCI president said this while addressing a delegation of National Press Club Islamabad that visited ICCI led by Senior Vice President Arshad Waheed and Secretary General Anwar Raza to congratulate the newly elected team of ICCI. Group Leader Afzal Butt, former President Tariq Chaudhry, Finance Secretary Sagheer Chaudhry, Siddique Sajjid Baloch, AzharJatoi and others were in the delegation. SardarYasirIlyas Khan said that Media-cum-Tech City would provide a good platform to our young media and IT professionals even from remote areas to show their creativity for launching new businesses and thus contribute towards better economic development of the country and promotion of exports. He said that the government should also introduce a relief package for start-ups to … Continue reading ICCI demands Media-cum-Tech City in Islamabad to promote IT exports