Dr. Umar Saif, the cvaretaer Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, expressed optimism that the move to permit IT companies to keep half of their export revenues in designated foreign currency accounts will result in a rise of $4 billion in IT exports. This ground-breaking action satisfies a long-standing need of the IT sector and highlights Dr. Saif’s unrelenting dedication to the development of the sector. This decision was a key step towards streamlining financial operations and enhancing the potential of the IT industry because previously, IT companies could only keep 35 percent of their export revenues in foreign currency accounts. An important step was reached when “digitization and enhancement of forex retention for IT companies” was added to the agenda of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) meeting.