Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s engagement with the UAE leadership, aimed at attracting investment into IT, reflects an understanding that growth in the twenty-first century is driven less by smokestacks and more by servers, skills and systems.

For too long, Pakistan’s engagement with foreign investors has been narrowly transactional, centred on short-term inflows rather than long-term capacity building. Positioning IT as a preferred destination for Gulf investment suggests a shift towards sectors that generate value without draining natural resources or adding to chronic import dependence. It also aligns Pakistan with........

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