Pakistan positions Huawei Service Centre as global IT export hub

Mettis Global reported that Pakistan is looking to widen its standing in digital services, using Huawei's Global Service Center in Islamabad as a working example of local engineers serving overseas clients. Federal IT and Telecommunication Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja toured the facility and spoke with engineers involved in global ICT operations. The centre handles remote technical help, network operation tasks, service assurance and other sophisticated ICT functions for customers abroad.

The minister described this setup as exports without shipping containers, arguing that digitally delivered work, involving no shipped goods, can earn Pakistan export income. She added that about 68% of residents are under 30, a group the government wants to turn into skilled talent. Huawei has pledged to provide ICT training for 300,000 young Pakistanis, under a training arrangement struck when the Prime Minister went to China.

The minister called for closer ties between government, tech firms and universities to build a steady pool of skilled graduates. She also asked Huawei to expand investment, knowledge transfer and mentoring, and to consider an R&D centre in Pakistan. Huawei Pakistan CEO Ethan Sun said the firm would keep building local expertise and giving Pakistani professionals global roles. The minister also met women engineers at the centre and stressed wider opportunities for women in tech.