The Pakistani community residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia vowed to provide all-out support to Pakistani IT and tech companies to enhance the country’s investments and exports. Majlise Pakistan, a professional forum of Pakistanis based in Saudi Arabia, recently hosted an event in Riyadh for Pakistani delegates attending LEAP 2025. The event aimed at networking with IT companies to help them in business development, talent requirements, collaboration, and joint ventures.
On occasion, CEO Hexalyze Saad Shah said Pakistan’s professional community could provide a strategic partnership to Pakistani IT and tech companies to set up operations and develop business in the KSA market.
He mentioned that Pakistani IT companies could hire IT professionals in Saudi Arabia as consultants and employees to scale up their businesses in the host country rather than continuing with the costly option of relocating staff from Pakistan.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosts the largest expatriate population of Pakistanis, with more than one million individuals. Pakistan also receives the highest share of remittances from Saudi Arabia.
President and CEO of the Pakistan Freelancers Association (PAFLA), Tufail Ahmed Khan, said that Pakistani IT entrepreneurs and companies could, through their experiences and networking, provide practical insights to Pakistani investors coming to the KSA’s market.
He added that expatriate Pakistanis are well aware of the policies and authorities of the host country, which is very important for new entrants to adopt for settling and growth.
Patron-in-Chief Majlise Pakistan Saqib Zubair stated that Saudi-based Pakistani investors, businessmen, and professionals vowed to collaborate with new IT companies entering the KSA’s emerging market.
Pakistani entrepreneurs are also willing to invest in Pakistani companies and startups along with their Saudi partners to enhance Pakistani companies’ footprint in the KSA.
More than 100 Pakistani IT companies and more than 1,000 others participated in LEAP 2025 this year. The Pakistani Pavilion was inaugurated by Shazia Fatima, the State Minister for IT and Telecom, who also led the country’s delegation.
Majlise Pakistan also presented awards to active Pakistani IT companies and professionals at the networking meetup.
