Not only should an environment friendly to IT professionals be created, but enough incentives should also be offered to attract Pakistani expatriates and investors from abroad. Since it rests both on domestic and foreign investment, measures to facilitate the work of the IT professionals must be taken. As it stands now, the policy lays down that getting credit should be easier for local IT investors or that software companies which want to export should not face the hassle of the red tape. However, the realities on the ground are quite different. As far as credit goes, that's really something the Ministry of Finance can push for.
Exports have yet to receive a boost.
The proposed Pakistan Software Export Board has not become functional. This has forced IT companies to work with the Export Promotion Bureau which is manned by bureaucrats who are not all that receptive towards IT exporters. The lack of adequate telecom facilities is another key factor in slowing down the IT policy. The government claims that Internet facilities are now available in 300 cities. However, PTCL is neither known for its customer service nor for good quality connections which is why getting connected to the Internet in places other than Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad can be agonizingly slow.