Inauguration Of TRG’s New Information Technology Center In Karachi

Karachi, 11th May 2017: The Resource Group (TRG) opened its state-of-the-art IT facility, a new 16-story tower located on main Shahrah-e-Faisal, in an opening ceremony held today. US Ambassador to Pakistan, David Hale inaugurated the facility along with Grace Shelton, the US Consul General in Karachi. The ceremony was attended by leaders of the business community and also the IT industry in Karachi along with senior members of TRG global leadership team from the USA. Speaking on the occasion, Nadeem Elahi, Managing Director and Country Manager for TRG Pakistan said “We have specifically designed this IT facility to service TRG’s local and international clients. This facility will create employment for 3,000 young professionals in IT and IT-enabled services in Karachi and will be the largest of its kind in Pakistan. TRG Pakistan, through its subsidiaries: ibex. connect, DGS, E-Telequote, iSky and Afiniti employs approximately 6,000 young professionals in IT/IT-enabled services and enterprise software. We remain among the leading exporters of IT and software and ancillary services from Pakistan. The current fiscal year has been great for our Pakistan-based operations with an overall growth of over 40% having added 2,000 new employees from the prior year. In spite of all the challenges, TRG is extremely bullish on the Pakistan IT industry and we firmly believe that it can be a leading exporter for Pakistan within the next 5-10 years.”