Pakistan will get fat jolt, Microsoft Close I’M Sick Its Administrative Center in Nation then 25 years, Google, TCS

Microsoft, one of the big technology companies, has stopped its functioning in Pakistan under the strategy to reduce its international workforce. This is a major setback for Pakistan, which has been facing economic difficulties for the past several years. Earlier, some other international companies have also stopped their business in Pakistan.

Microsoft’s office was in Pakistan for 25 years. The company has given the reason for the shift on the business restructuring and cloud-based model at the international level behind this decision. Microsoft has decided to reduce its workforce by about four percent. This will affect the company’s more than 9,000 workers in many countries. Microsoft’s former Country Manager in Pakistan, Jawwad Rehman, has requested Pakistan’s government and IT minister to interact with tech companies in a post on professional networking platform Linkedin. He said that Microsoft’s departure shows the current business atmosphere. Rahman said, “It is becoming difficult for big international companies like Microsoft.”

Former Pakistan President, Arif Alvi, has expressed concern over the functioning of Microsoft in a post on social media platform X. “This is a sign of difficulty for our economic future,” he said. At the same time, he claimed that Microsoft had once considered expansion in Pakistan but the company had chosen Vietnam due to instability. The company had a Liazen Office in Pakistan and focused on enterprise, education and government clients.

Later last month, the company had around 2,28,000 workers at the international level. It is preparing to remove thousands of these workers. It will have a major impact on divisions like sales and gaming. Microsoft, which created the Home Windows operating system, had informed about a capital experience of about $ 80 billion in FY 2025. However, the cost of increasing infrastructure related to AI is affecting its margin. The company has stated that its plan is to reduce the number of managers and improve its products and procedure.

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