BusinessWeek recognizes Pakistan as one of the world’s leading IT destinations

``Pakistan has become the 20th most attractive outsourcing destination, according to consulting management firm A.T. Kearney. Even as concerns increase about Pakistan’s stability and the growing displaced population due to ongoing military operations with the Taliban, the country made a significant jump on A.T. Kearney’s 2009 Global Services Location Index released May 18. Pakistan went from #30 in 2007 to #20 in 2009''

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We cannot put it better as the infamous blogger Tech Lahore does it: ``[It] is the story of a country whose GDP continues to grow despite the global recession, where infrastructure is being built and expanded at a frantic pace, a country that has seen its stock exchange go up by 30% this year, a country that is significantly increasing development spend and bringing alternate energy projects online, developing new dams, increasing high-technology exports and expanding its universities. And of course, a country where increasingly large numbers of technology startups are growing and being incubated. This is the real Pakistan. Thank you for recognizing reality, BusinessWeek.''