The Rising Tide, Pakistan's $5 Billion Software Industry

[alimobin memon]

You are wrong my dear. I am also an experienced software developer having experience in working with Giant organisations like Dnata on karachi air port, Dubai world trade center, Dubai smart government. Based on my experiences i can say that there is a lot to do if you have a sense of creativity and ambition to do some thing new.
more over in most Pakistani software houses there are repetitive work and same is the story for freelancers. but that doesnt mean that every thing is copy paste. if it was a copy paste then there would not be any Software engineering.

@Max Pain @Syed_Adeel
I respect your view please read this reply of mine completely because I have written it to clear some misunderstandings that we both have about our IT industry.

If not all then most of is that way I maybe wrong but that's what my little experience has told me. Tell me whats the scope of web designing here ? majority use bootstrap or just download templates from theme forest alike sites. The minimum wage is a joke here, most graduates are getting around 20 - 25K when fresh but as a freelancer I have earned 40K only working 2 - 3 hrs a day or with 10hrs per day with 2 to 3 days gap.

Software Engineering exist on the basis of re usability of code not just take same project modify and sell to every client u want no sorry ! The vulnerability from project if exposed means the most of ERP if not all from that particular software house exist which is problematic.

Use of stake overflow is massive without these site let me tell whether u like it or not most of software house will be dusted.

Yes its not like im saying each and everyone is copying and pasting and no originality at all but thats what most pakistani developers do.

My main focus is in .Net and Web Designing (Amam.comli.com) im making website for Szabist fm 106.6 the link is odd is due to i have not sufficient funds so for testing i used 000webhost targeted for android and computer later for safari(apple) I remember when i told one company in interview that I dont use bootstrap cause I believe in originality and create my own style sheets with satisfying results and scripts for carousal and effects too this was the reply, " You don't know bootstrap? then how will you design ?"

Su 35

Audrey Hepburn

Cameleon

Hijab

and this of a Person is UHD or 4K based on resolution if u want to see i can share with u on email all are made on MS paint.
The point for showing is that I was degraded by the X private companies because of their mentality that u need bootstrap like libraries or photoshop to do design of graphics or UI but since my passion was being designer i pursued the aim just like famous designers do that is originality.

If you want to know what I currently do.
I am MS thesis in Computer Science Student complete by next year and then PHD Insha'Allah
Also I am doing certification of University of Michigan in Coursera as specialty in front end.

My job interest is in teaching so thats why im pursuing post graduation.

 

[Max Pain]

oh well a good thread just ruined by Indians, I wont blame em all,
aik apnay hi banday ko ungal hue hai comparison ki -_-

as a software developer and designer here is my view on IT industry of Pakistan. its mostly made of copy and paste and claim as original.

Im actually surprised that you as a software developer is making such a statement,
Code reuseability is one of the most vital feature in this industry and reinventing the wheel is never encouraged,
using existing frameworks to make other more useful products is the way to go. and this too is coming from a software developer.

 

[war&peace]

In this sector Pakistan should do much better. Govt and investors should invest in infrastructure and facilities like IT-cities/parks where all the facilities are provided in one place including high quality tech institutes, software house, uninterrupted power supply, high bandwith broadband connections etc.

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

India is about quantity and Pakistan is about quality.

Interesting, when India is know as a world class center, Pakistani barely gets a footnote...

Indian IT techs:
"Father" of USB
"Father" of Intel Platinum Processor
Rewrote Google Search algorithm, and now responsible for Google's Search Results
Lead at Google Robotics
Lead at Google Apps
Behind Google+ (yeah, not the best example)

Head Directors at various Silicon Valley companies. And many of these guys have returned to India leading departments or starting their own companies which their previous Silicon Valley employers are acquiring.

Think before you post sh!t.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

India is about quantity and Pakistan is about quality.

please dont make such ignorant and flamatory posts
Indians are good in their own right. have exceptional contribution towards this field and get frequent mention in fields of Maths and science.
lets not restrict ourselves to vs India for now and be satisfied and happy that despite what has been done to our educational system,,, we are still able to produce something commendable in this field

 

[touela]

Yupe Our Software Exports will Reach $8 Billion in 2020

That means Our Software Industry will become $13- $15 in 2020 Insha Allah

This will boost more with China Making IT park in Islamabad Worth $1.5 Billion and Korea making IT park in Islamabad Worth $500 Million




Phunny language

I am sorry, but I doubt your figures. Can you elaborate on some of Pakistan bigger software companies and their annual turnover... the only name I have heard is Netsol. If the current value of IT companies is $5 bln, which companies have the biggest share of this $5 bln ?

 

[Muhammad Omar]

I am sorry, but I doubt your figures. Can you elaborate on some of Pakistan bigger software companies and their annual turnover... the only name I have heard is Netsol. If the current value of IT companies is $5 bln, which companies have the biggest share of this $5 bln ?

Well i don't know About their Shares But Some Bigger Pakistani Companies

ArpaTech
Techlogix
I2c Inc
Folio 3
Corvit Networks
Multilynx
Ovex Technologies
TRG tech
Systems Pvt Ltd

 

[PDF]

http://nation.com.pk/business/26-Jun-2016/analysing-pakistan-s-it-potential
Analysing Pakistan’s IT potential




ASIM ATTA - Amidst all the chaos nowadays, ranging from Panama Leaks to energy crisis, Pakistan is passing through let’s forget everything now for a moment and rejoice that Pakistan has done immensely well for itself over the past few years in the IT sector.
If we look at outgoing fiscal year (2015-16) figures where government has missed growth rate target for the third consecutive year, where agriculture sector, considered to be the backbone of country’s economy, performed badly with negative growth rate of 0.
19 percent against the target of 3.
9 percent.
The services sector grew by 5.
71 percent and IT services are the major contributor in the services sector growth.

IT industry has transformed into a thriving one, which has made its mark globally and in the Silicon Valley.
Fast forward the last five to six years to 2016 and we find that currently Pakistan is the home of more than 2400 registered IT services companies, which employ nearly 100,000 people.
Pakistan’s IT industry total worth is over 5 billion dollars.
IT sector generates more than $2 billion revenue from the exports throughout the world.
Its services have become a greater component of the nation’s economy.

India, which is dubbed as the hub of start-ups and has done profoundly well in the IT industry, is dominating the cyber space.
Now the young Pakistani IT graduates are on the same trajectory that Indians were some years ago.
After India, Pakistan is the second freelancer nation worldwide thanks to high-speed 3G & 4G broadband technology.
At the end of March, 2016 Pakistan’s broadband subscriber base had surpassed 30 million users.

Many talented Pakistani children have made their mark around the globe in IT.
One such celebrated example of talent was Arfa Karim, one of the youngest Microsoft Certified professionals in the world.
The recent one was Sumail Hassan Syed, the rising star of e-sports who helped his team, Evil Geniuses’, claim the Defense of the Ancient 2 (Dota 2) Asian championship.
And we also have Haris Khan, the youngest smartphone app developer in the world.

The current government has thankfully launched new Telecom Policy, which is bearing fruits slowly.
It will bring the country closer to the international pace of growth in IT industry.
The government can play complementary role in the growth of the industry by helping the IT sector to sustain and grow with financial support, infrastructure and legal cover.
It can develop an ecosystem conducive to the industry’s growth.

Pakistan has a growing talent pool in IT; cyber space is hotly contested but also one that is easy to tap if the government further facilitates and contributes towards raising awareness among the young graduates.
Pakistan still needs a long way to go in order to catch up with India.
Without coordination of all stakeholders, it will be difficult for us to compete at the global level.
But the best thing is Pakistan’s IT industry is flourishing and a great deal of impressive work is going on.

The writer is IT manager based in Lahore.


Also:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1266069/

 

[HRK]

1 pakistani software = 10 Indian software..

........

 

[Indika]

Pakistan IT is just starting out and growing. It would be unwise to compare it with Indias. We should stop this unnecessary comparison , each country will do what is best for it. Pakistan has other sectors like cement industry which produces surplus output.

 

[somebozo]

Pakistan IT is just starting out and growing. It would be unwise to compare it with Indias. We should stop this unnecessary comparison , each country will do what is best for it. Pakistan has other sectors like cement industry which produces surplus output.

Ohh really??

A tiny Silicon Valley company named NexGen, meanwhile, was doing what AMD couldn't: taking on Intel with a relatively miniscule team of just 60 engineers and a little funding from IBM. The company was headed by Atiq Raza, a brilliant Pakistani engineer educated in the United Kingdom and the United States, who had arrived in the US in 1979 with only $3,000 in cash to his name. (By 2009, Raza put his Palo Alto estate up for sale at $24 million; he ended up not selling it.) Raza wanted to take on Intel, too, but he knew that he couldn't do it at NexGen's current size.

 

[Indika]

Ohh really??

A tiny Silicon Valley company named NexGen, meanwhile, was doing what AMD couldn't: taking on Intel with a relatively miniscule team of just 60 engineers and a little funding from IBM. The company was headed by Atiq Raza, a brilliant Pakistani engineer educated in the United Kingdom and the United States, who had arrived in the US in 1979 with only $3,000 in cash to his name. (By 2009, Raza put his Palo Alto estate up for sale at $24 million; he ended up not selling it.) Raza wanted to take on Intel, too, but he knew that he couldn't do it at NexGen's current size.

I went by numbers $5 billion is a small figure in IT industry. Success is measured by revenue not what he was doing. Sad to know that , but building a big company is not one mans job.

 

[The Sandman]

Sigh it could've been such a good thread but got ruined by just 1 comment.....
@waz @WAJsal

 

[somebozo]

Interesting, when India is know as a world class center, Pakistani barely gets a footnote...

Indian IT techs:
"Father" of USB
"Father" of Intel Platinum Processor
Rewrote Google Search algorithm, and now responsible for Google's Search Results
Lead at Google Robotics
Lead at Google Apps
Behind Google+ (yeah, not the best example)

Head Directors at various Silicon Valley companies. And many of these guys have returned to India leading departments or starting their own companies which their previous Silicon Valley employers are acquiring.

Think before you post sh!t.

First you should learn to spell right..its Pentium..

Secondly no Indian single handedly invented any of the above as chest-thumping Indians like to portray...They were part of a much large team which were multinationals and even multi-geographic. Ajay Bhatt was the co-inventor of USB together with the team just like he also made his contributions to other peripherals like PCI, AGP etc...This is to not downplay his credentials as a highly valued inventor but to set the chest thumping record straight...


Now lets have an example..

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1385273534822775

 

[v9s]

First you should learn to spell right..its Pentium..

Secondly no Indian single handedly invented any of the above as chest-thumping Indians like to portray...They were part of a much large team which were multinationals and even multi-geographic. Ajay Bhatt was the co-inventor of USB together with the team just like he also made his contributions to other peripherals like PCI, AGP etc...This is to not downplay his credentials as a highly valued inventor but to set the chest thumping record straight...


Now lets have an example..

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1385273534822775

Thank you.

People tend to make everybody a "Father" of useful technologies for the purpose of point scoring, forgetting that the time of a single person inventing or discovering something unseen has long gone, considering the sophistication of technology now.

All computer technology related inventions have come to fruition as a result of team effort, and more importantly, the institutional knowledge of the company as well as lots of $$$ - People forget that designing a new processor arch is a multi-billion dollar venture that only companies like Intel backed with immense R&D prowess can get into.

 

[NirmalKrish]

http://nation.com.pk/business/26-Jun-2016/analysing-pakistan-s-it-potential
Analysing Pakistan’s IT potential




ASIM ATTA - Amidst all the chaos nowadays, ranging from Panama Leaks to energy crisis, Pakistan is passing through let’s forget everything now for a moment and rejoice that Pakistan has done immensely well for itself over the past few years in the IT sector.
If we look at outgoing fiscal year (2015-16) figures where government has missed growth rate target for the third consecutive year, where agriculture sector, considered to be the backbone of country’s economy, performed badly with negative growth rate of 0.
19 percent against the target of 3.
9 percent.
The services sector grew by 5.
71 percent and IT services are the major contributor in the services sector growth.

IT industry has transformed into a thriving one, which has made its mark globally and in the Silicon Valley.
Fast forward the last five to six years to 2016 and we find that currently Pakistan is the home of more than 2400 registered IT services companies, which employ nearly 100,000 people.
Pakistan’s IT industry total worth is over 5 billion dollars.
IT sector generates more than $2 billion revenue from the exports throughout the world.
Its services have become a greater component of the nation’s economy.

India, which is dubbed as the hub of start-ups and has done profoundly well in the IT industry, is dominating the cyber space.
Now the young Pakistani IT graduates are on the same trajectory that Indians were some years ago.
After India, Pakistan is the second freelancer nation worldwide thanks to high-speed 3G & 4G broadband technology.
At the end of March, 2016 Pakistan’s broadband subscriber base had surpassed 30 million users.

Many talented Pakistani children have made their mark around the globe in IT.
One such celebrated example of talent was Arfa Karim, one of the youngest Microsoft Certified professionals in the world.
The recent one was Sumail Hassan Syed, the rising star of e-sports who helped his team, Evil Geniuses’, claim the Defense of the Ancient 2 (Dota 2) Asian championship.
And we also have Haris Khan, the youngest smartphone app developer in the world.

The current government has thankfully launched new Telecom Policy, which is bearing fruits slowly.
It will bring the country closer to the international pace of growth in IT industry.
The government can play complementary role in the growth of the industry by helping the IT sector to sustain and grow with financial support, infrastructure and legal cover.
It can develop an ecosystem conducive to the industry’s growth.

Pakistan has a growing talent pool in IT; cyber space is hotly contested but also one that is easy to tap if the government further facilitates and contributes towards raising awareness among the young graduates.
Pakistan still needs a long way to go in order to catch up with India.
Without coordination of all stakeholders, it will be difficult for us to compete at the global level.
But the best thing is Pakistan’s IT industry is flourishing and a great deal of impressive work is going on.

The writer is IT manager based in Lahore.


Also:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1266069/

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