Freelancer export receipts up 45% to $549mn in 1QFY27

State Bank data show a $172mn year-on-year jump in July–September FY27, as industry leaders urge skills training and a national freelancing roadmap.

Freelancers remitted $549mn in foreign exchange in July–September FY27, State Bank of Pakistan data show.

Receipts rose 45% from $377.3mn in the same quarter last year, an increase of about $172mn.

IT freelancers still lead export receipts; non-IT services such as writing, teaching and e-commerce are growing faster.

Pakistan has an estimated three million freelancers; industry voices say the pool could reach four million in a year with a national roadmap.

PAFLA’s Ibrahim Amin and other stakeholders called for skills training and closer government–private sector work.

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