Microsoft Leaves Pakistan After 25 Years: Founding Country Manager Reflects

Microsoft is reportedly exiting Pakistan after 25 years. The software giant has been reducing its headcount and operations in the country over the last few years and has now fully pulled out. Microsoft started its operations in Pakistan in June 2000. The news of Microsoft exiting Pakistan was revealed in a LinkedIn post by Jawwad Rehman, the founding head of Microsoft Pakistan. There has been no formal public announcement from the company itself. According to a report by Tech Radar, full operations have been shut down in Pakistan, with only a liaison office and around five employees remaining.

In the post titled 'End of an Era… Microsoft Pakistan', Rehman mentioned that Microsoft's decision to quit Pakistan is a signal of the environment created in the country, making it unsustainable for global giants like Microsoft to stay. He emphasized the need to reflect on what has changed in Pakistan that has led to such exits and called for maintaining a dialogue with Microsoft's leadership to keep a presence in the country.

According to the source: Times of India.