ISLAMABAD: Pakistan earned US $1708.120 million by providing different Information Technology (IT) services in various countries during the first ten months of financial year 2020-21. This shows growth of 45.88 percent as compared to US $1170.920 million earned through provision of services during the corresponding period of fiscal year 2019-20, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. During the period under review, the computer services grew by 48.72 percent as it surged from US $902.710 million last year to US $1342.500 million during July-April (2020-21). Among the computer services, the exports of software consultancy services witnessed increase of 27.65 percent, from US $347.072 million to US $443.051 million while the export and import of computer software related services also rose by 27.89 percent, from US $259.319 million to US $331.652 million. The exports of hardware consultancy services dropped by 75.78 percent from, US $1.883 million to US $0.4560 million whereas the exports of repair and maintenance services also decline by 68.04 percent from $1.452 million to $0.464 million. In addition the exports of other computer services rose by 93.48 percent from US$292.984 million to US $566.877 million. Meanwhile, the export of information services during the period under review also increased by 62 percent by going up from US $ 2.000 million to US $3.240 million. Among the information services, the exports of news agency services increased by 66.51 percent, from US $ 1.060 million to US $ 1.765 million whereas the exports of other information services also increased by 56.91 percent, from US $ 0.940 million to US $ 1.475 million. The export of telecommunication services also witnessed an increase of 45.88 percent as these went up from US $266.210 million to US $362.380 million during the financial year under review, the data revealed.