Pakistan recorded monthly Information Technology (IT) exports of $338 million in June 2025, up 14 percent year-on-year and 3 percent month-on-month.
The IT exports in June 2025 were higher than the 12-month average of $314 million, brokerage house Topline Securities noted in a report.
This brings Pakistan’s total IT exports for FY25 to $3.8 billion, an 18 percent increase compared to $3.2 billion in FY24.
Topline attributed the growth in IT exports during FY25 to:
- IT export companies expanding their global client base, especially in the GCC region;
- The State Bank of Pakistan’s relaxation of the permissible retention limit in Exporters’ Specialized Foreign Currency Accounts, raising it from 35 percent to 50 percent;
- The allowance of equity investments abroad through these foreign currency accounts; and
- Stability in the Pakistani Rupee (PKR), encouraging IT exporters to repatriate a larger portion of their profits.
Pakistani IT firms are actively engaging with global clients. Recently, leading IT companies from Pakistan participated in London Tech Week 2025 and the Pak-US Tech Investment Conference. According to a Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) survey, 62 percent of IT companies maintain specialized foreign currency accounts.
A major development in FY25 was the State Bank of Pakistan introducing a new category—Equity Investment Abroad (EIA)—specifically for export-oriented IT companies. Under this framework, IT exporters can acquire equity (shareholding) in foreign entities by utilizing up to 50 percent of the proceeds in their specialized foreign currency accounts. This move is expected to further boost the confidence of IT exporters in remitting earnings back to Pakistan, the brokerage firm highlighted.
Topline forecasts IT exports to grow by 10–15 percent in FY26.
