QUETTA: Balochistan’s youth will be provided with e-commerce training to help them find jobs, Parliamentary Secretary Science and Technology, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi said on Friday.

Speaking at a podcast, she deplored that most people were unfamiliar with e-commerce due to a lack of basic awareness and training opportunities in the province.

“The government has increased the e-commerce transaction limit from $5,000 to $25,000 per month,” she said, adding that the initiative had helped increase the foreign exchange in the sector from $214 million to $396m.

Dr Rubaba noted that about one million freelancers in the country were not registered anywhere, though the Ministry of Information Technology had recently started their registration.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2022