Pakistan’s IT exports hit $435mn in September, 'second-highest ever'

Business Recorder reports that Pakistan logged $435 million in technology and IT exports during September 2026, which ranks as the second-best month on record. Khurram Schehzad, Adviser to the Finance Minister, disclosed the figure in a post on X on Friday. That total sits $2 million under the peak of $437 million recorded in December 2025, while showing an 18% annual increase and a 10% rise over the preceding month.

Schehzad linked the expansion to focused incentives for exporters in the FY27 budget, particularly those aimed at the IT sector, along with a growing digital economy. He added that these measures were supporting shipments, non-debt foreign exchange earnings, skilled jobs and Pakistan's wider links with world markets. Across July to September, which forms the first quarter of FY27, IT exports came to $1.25 billion.

A separate post placed freelancers' export receipts at $197 million for September 2026, a record, rising 49% year on year and 11% month on month. Over the first quarter of FY27 (1QFY27), freelancers' exports totalled roughly $550 million, a 46% increase on the same period last year. Schehzad also said that shipments of goods surpassed the $3 billion mark during September, reaching a 20-month peak.