Microsoft is closing its local operations in Pakistan

Microsoft has identified the end of 25 years in South Asian country and stops its activities in Pakistan.

The Redmund-based agency told TechCrunch on Friday that it was changing its operational model in Pakistan and now it will re-salesers and “will serve through other closely located Microsoft offices.”

“Our customer contracts and services will not be affected by these changes,” a spokesman for Microsoft said in an email statement.

“We follow this model successfully in several other countries in the world. Our customers have remained our highest priority and may expect the same high level service to move forward,” the spokesperson added.

Talking to TechCrunch, sources say five Pakistani Microsoft employees will affect the decision; They added that Microsoft had no engineering resources in Pakistan, opposite India And other growing markets, and its employees were sold in Azure and office products in the country.

The closure comes in the midst of a wide range of agencies. Information and broadcasting ministry Described The Redmond Company’s departure is “as part of a larger workplace-aptimization program.” At the beginning of this week, the agency Its workforce has reduced the role of 4%or about 9,000 Worldwide

To be prepared for this transformation, Microsoft has transferred licensing and commercial agreements for Pakistan to its European center in Ireland for the past few years, while certified local partners have operated daily services, ministry said.

The ministry mentioned, “We will involve the regional and global leadership of Microsoft so that any structural changes are stronger instead of reducing the long -term promise of Microsoft to Pakistani customers, developers and channel partners,” the ministry mentioned.

Former Microsoft Executive and Pakistan Jawad Rehman’s first leadership Report The company’s departure on a post on LinkedIn on Thursday.

“This is more than corporate departure. It is a transparent signal to the environment that our country has created.

The Federal Government of Pakistan comes just a few days after their announcement is the departure Plan to provide IT credentials Up to half a million youths from technology companies including Google and Microsoft. This move stands against Google, especially, which has revealed a Investing in $ 10.5 million Last year the country’s public education sector and also considered Pakistan Market to produce half a million chromebooks Between 2026.

Microsoft’s departure reflects extensive challenges in Pakistan’s technology sector. Unlike India and other regional markets, Pakistan has not established itself as a major engineering outsourcing destination for Western technology giants. Instead, the country’s technical ecosystem is dominated by two major players: local companies who have created their own engineering capacity and chose Chinese companies HuaweiWhich received the share of the significant market by providing telecommunications agencies and enterprise-grade infrastructure BankThe

Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry did not respond to the request for comments.