KARACHI, May 10: There exists a huge potential and opportunity in Pakistan to capture its due share from the 200 billion dollar international industry of business process outsourcing. This was stated by Sindh Information Technology Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal while addressing a news conference at his office here on Tuesday.

The minister had earlier undertaken a six-week tour of the United States along with a senior official of his department.

He said that the basic purpose of the visit was to market Pakistan’s potential in the IT sector as well as apprise the investors of government’s policies in this very sector. He said that the results of this visit had started coming to the fore. This would help generate job opportunities for the educated youths, he said, adding that as a result of his visit, there would be a visible change in a shorter period of time with rapid progress in the IT sector.

Mustafa Kamal said that he expected 50 million dollars investment in the business process outsourcing of which the call centre was a part. He stated that Karachi was the most suitable city as far as the BPO and the call centre industry was concerned. In this regard, he said that training sessions were being undertaken by the Sindh IT Department.

He pointed out that the government had already invested Rs300 million towards the IT infrastructure and in the coming years this amount would increase substantially. —APP