Microsoft shutting down in Pakistan
@abhi_bangal (6653)
Ahmednagar, India
July 6, 2025 5:20am CST
It's learnt that Microsoft has decided to end its operations in Pakistan. This can be considered a big blow to Pakistan as a big tech giant is leaving the country for the good.
The US company operated in the neighboring country for a quarter of a century starting June 2000.
No concrete reasons could be known for Microsoft leaving thy country. Jawwad Rehman reveled the development in a LinkedIn post.
What do you think could have promoted Microsoft to take this decision?
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@abhi_bangal (6653)
• Ahmednagar, India
10h
Definitely. There are even jobs that are indirectly involved or related to the main company. I think that'll be hampered too.
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@LindaOHio (193664)
• United States
6 Jul
It looks like a member has posted an article for you.
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@abhi_bangal (6653)
• Ahmednagar, India
6 Jul
LOL... No no. I'm no more into blogging, though I used to be. Human writing has grown quite challenging and on a mahitey of the occasions, they will say it's computer generated.
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@abhi_bangal (6653)
• Ahmednagar, India
20h
@LindaOHio Oh is that? I didn't know that @Scarred4Lyfe has posted anything related to this. I haven't seen it yet. Probably now is the time.
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@LindaOHio (193664)
• United States
6 Jul
@abhi_bangal Maybe you misunderstood. @Scarred4Lyfe has posted an article here explaining why Microsoft is leaving Pakistan.
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@GardenGerty (164579)
• United States
6 Jul
Probably politics of some form and behind the scenes pressuring.
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@abhi_bangal (6653)
• Ahmednagar, India
10h
Politics (or politicians) is always involved when it comes to such companies. And talking about behind the scene pressure. Well, it's always there.
@abhi_bangal (6653)
• Ahmednagar, India
6 Jul
... And adding to the unemployment!
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@Ineeddentures (8873)
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22h
Who knows where these big corporations are concerned.
Maybe Microsoft will enlighten us all about what prompted them to do this very soon
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@abhi_bangal (6653)
• Ahmednagar, India
10h
I'm sure a lot of people might have grown interest on this topic. Why Microsoft left? We might soon get something to hear.
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@ogbenishyna44 (462)
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23h
Its sad, considering the number of jobs that will be lost. Hope Microsoft will reconsider this.
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@abhi_bangal (6653)
• Ahmednagar, India
10h
The very decision of leaving might have been taken after a good amount of deliberation. They might have also contemplated on the fact that there could be people saying please take back your decision. So, let's see what happens.
@crossbones27 (50891)
• Mojave, California
6 Jul
AI is coming and its going to get rid of some of the smartest people in the world all over the place.
What I come to understand.
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@abhi_bangal (6653)
• Ahmednagar, India
23h
Even I feel the same. A few people and various post holders of different companies in the world do say that AI will not harm a lot. But reality definitely seems to be something else.
@Scarred4Lyfe (820)
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6 Jul
I think this article explains exactly why.
https://www.newsonair.gov.in/microsoft-shuts-down-operations-in-pakistan-after-25-years/
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@abhi_bangal (6653)
• Ahmednagar, India
10h
Yeah. Thanks for the article. I saw it sometime back. @LindaOHio, had mentioned about this. But by that time I hadn't scrolled down to see this. Anyway, thanks!
