Lookout Pakistan

In a significant development, the caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Umar Saif announced that the Pakistani government is actively engaged in discussions with global payment giants PayPal and Stripe to bring their services to Pakistan.

The move aims to support the country's burgeoning freelance industry and boost the e-commerce sector.

Dr Saif stressed the importance of bringing PayPal to Pakistan, particularly to benefit the growing community of freelancers in the country.

He revealed that the government's strategy involves convincing PayPal to provide services through a third-party entity within Pakistan, a model successfully implemented in Egypt. This approach would enable Pakistani freelancers to receive payments through PayPal, providing a seamless solution for the country's freelancing community.