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Pakistan AI Skills Report 2026
By BvLogic Academy. Published 18 Oct 2026. Free to quote with a link (CC BY 4.0). Download the data (CSV) · PDF
An open survey in Urdu and English, with the number of answers printed on the page and the totals updated as answers arrive, beside the academy's own records of what its learners choose and complete, and the public figures that frame them.
Findings
The survey totals below are live and the response count is printed with them; a finding is stated here only once there are at least one hundred answers, and until then this report is a frame around the data.
Evidence: From the academy's own records, counted when this page was opened. Survey answers stored by the academy's system and counted when the page renders.
On the academy's free courses, AI and data is the most chosen subject group, ahead of marketing and programming, and under half of enrolments reach the statement at the end.
Evidence: From the academy's own records, counted when this page was opened. Free course enrolments and completions counted from the academy's records when the page renders.
The graduate pipeline is large and the employable share small by the government's own account, which is the gap short practical training exists to close.
Evidence: Public source. The Friday Times, citing a Ministry of IT document on 75,000 graduates a year and an employable share below ten percent. Read 18 Oct 2026. Source
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https://bvlogic.academy/research/pakistan-ai-skills-report-2026/chart-2.svgThe survey, live totals
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What describes you best today?
Student: 0 · Graduate looking for work: 0 · Employed: 0 · Freelancer: 0 · Business owner: 0
Where are you?
Faisalabad: 0 · Lahore: 0 · Karachi: 0 · Islamabad or Rawalpindi: 0 · Another city: 0 · Outside Pakistan: 0
How often do you use an AI tool such as ChatGPT or Gemini?
Every day: 0 · Most weeks: 0 · Rarely: 0 · Never: 0
Which of these can you do today without help?
Write a good prompt: 0 · Write Python: 0 · Analyse data in a spreadsheet: 0 · Build an automation with n8n, Make or Zapier: 0 · Train a machine learning model: 0 · None of these yet: 0
Which would you learn next if you could?
Prompting and AI tools at work: 0 · Python: 0 · Data analysis: 0 · AI automation: 0 · Machine learning: 0 · AI for marketing and content: 0
What stops you most?
Time: 0 · Fees: 0 · English: 0 · Not knowing where to start: 0 · No laptop or internet: 0 · Nothing: 0
Which language do you learn best in?
Urdu: 0 · English: 0 · Both, mixed: 0
Has AI changed your work or studies in the last year?
A lot: 0 · Somewhat: 0 · Not yet: 0
Have you earned money using an AI skill?
Yes, regularly: 0 · Yes, once or twice: 0 · Not yet: 0
Free text answers received: 0. They are read by the academy and never published.
What the academy sees
- Free course enrolments: 109, of which 50 finished with a statement. By subject group: AI & Data 38, Marketing 22, Programming 16, Security & Cloud 16, Freelancing & Business 6, Office & English 4, Design & Media 3, Communication & English 3, Web & Apps 1 .
- Career tests taken: 67. Roles chosen: AI Automation Specialist 32, Full Stack Developer 13, Graphic Designer 9, Digital Marketer 5, Data Analyst 4, Cybersecurity Analyst 3, Independent Freelancer 1 .
Evidence: From the academy's own records, counted when this page was opened.
Method
The survey is open to anyone, takes two minutes, asks no name and stores no identifying detail beyond a hashed address used only to limit repeats. Totals are published; individual answers never are.
The academy's own counts are read live from its records: free course enrolments by subject group, completions, and the career test's chosen roles.
Public figures carry their source and the date they were read.
Limits
- An open survey is not a random sample; the response count and the channels it was shared on are printed so a reader can weigh it.
- The academy's learners are mostly in Faisalabad and online; they are not Pakistan.
Public figures behind the reports
- Pakistan's IT exports reached a record US$4.6 billion in the financial year 2025 to 2026, up about 21 percent on the year. State Bank of Pakistan figures reported by Business Recorder, read 17 Oct 2026. Source
- Freelancers in Pakistan earned a record US$1.76 billion in export receipts in the financial year 2026, up 78 percent on the year. Finance Ministry data reported by The Nation, read 17 Oct 2026. Source
- 34,420 IT and IT enabled services companies were registered with the SECP by March 2026. Pakistan Economic Survey 2025 to 26, chapter 15, read 17 Oct 2026. Source
- About 75,000 IT graduates leave HEC accredited institutes each year, and a Ministry of IT document put the share employable by export firms below ten percent. The Friday Times, citing a Ministry of IT and Telecommunication document, read 18 Oct 2026. Source
- The Higher Education Commission said in 2022 that Pakistani institutions produce about 50,000 IT graduates a year. Higher Education Commission news page, read 18 Oct 2026. Source
- The chairman of the software industry body P@SHA has said the local market needs about 15,000 fresh IT graduates a year. ProPakistani, read 18 Oct 2026. Source
Questions
Who can answer the survey?
Anyone. It asks no name. Only totals are published.
When will findings be stated?
Once there are at least one hundred answers; the count is on the page.
Cite this report
BvLogic Academy (2026). Pakistan AI Skills Report 2026. bvlogic.academy/research/pakistan-ai-skills-report-2026
Press summary and the raw data are free to use with a link. Press contact: info@bvlogic.academy, +92 336 5475500.
In ten lines
- An open AI skills survey in Urdu and English, totals live, response count printed.
- AI and data is the most chosen free subject group at the academy; under half of enrolments finish.
- Tens of thousands of IT graduates a year, an employable share below ten percent by the government's own account.
- Raw totals as CSV, charts free to embed with a link back.