The government should provide incentives and extend support to promote information technology to help improve the economy and foreign exchange reserves of the country," Syed Asad Mashhadi, President, Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said here on Friday.
In a statement, he emphasised that the field of information technology remained neglected during last few years due to that youth having professional degrees were anxiously seeking jobs. "If the government focuses on information technology it would not only provide job opportunities but also put the economy on the path of progress and prosperity," he added.
Syed Mashhadi said it was regrettable that the pubic sector institutions were still hesitant to use information technology and continue to carry out their routine work on manual basis. He said: "If we prepare computer software and export them to foreign countries, we would not have to pay shipment charges thus opening up a new window to earn foreign exchange."
He underlined the need to promote software industry so that the youth pursuing career in the field of information technology could make waves, as they lack nothing except proper and consistent support of the government. Mashhadi demanded of the government to take effective measures for promotion of information technology in every sphere of life as there is no other way to walk with the developed countries that have done a lot in this field.