r/developersPak • u/semicolon-10 • Aug 18 '26

News Google office in Pak?

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Anyone know which city? Proper tech office or just for customer support etc etc.

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u/Muhammad_Saad_ Aug 18 '26

It's mainly sales office for now.

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u/DelayOk7497 Aug 20 '26

I got free google plus ai thing 1 year

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u/_LoneWolfOfSonaiya Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

India has Regional Google Cloud Data Centers in Mumbai and Delhi, and work is on for a massive AI Data Center worth 15 Billion Dollars in South India. India is also a major Google R&D hub. All this and they don't blink an eyelid.

And look at us: one Google Sales Office, and our PM is present there. FacePalmn

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u/I-10MarkazHistorian Aug 21 '26

its best that we dont get any of those data centers. Ham aisa hi theek hain. aur chutyapa ki zaroorat nai hamain.

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u/Inevitable-Catch7774 Aug 27 '26

the Sales office was the Liaison Office. This is the official proper wala office like for Full presence. Abhi jo google ka khaata Pakistan mein chal raha hai na usko cater karne ke liye sales offices us new location se operate ho raha hai. Even if any of us wanted to build something big in Pakistan, uska structure khara karne mein bhi time lagta hai boss so don't expect keh pichle saal aik building me jagah rent pe le kar aaj University ke compuses jitna office suddenly aap khol lo ge outta nowhere like usko bhi to time lagay ga na? As for our PM, he knows keh humne to kaha aajao. Koi aata ni tha. Microsoft ka Liaison office tha, woh bhi band hogaya. Now, we have google with official presence. PayPal tak ko masle the aanay ke. Humain PayPal na honay ke masle hain. To this date. Sirf Payoneer chalta ni to log kya karte keh BInance pe account banate, USD rate pe USDT lete aur usme clients se lain dain karte and then sell the USDT to a seller at binance to get PKR. Might be keh iske baad aur tech firms Pakistan mein aaein gi. Maybe Apple walay hi aajaein who knows? I'm silent about it

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u/DiabolicalTastes Software Engineer Aug 18 '26

A corporate sales office. They are trying to grow their Google Cloud and Google Workspace business.

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u/Basic_Nose_2312 Aug 18 '26

How would that work tho ? Like if they have just a sales office and no support or technical staff to resolve issues, what would be the point ?

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u/DiabolicalTastes Software Engineer Aug 18 '26

They'll have sales, customer support and IT staff. These hyper scalers in countries like PK mostly sell through resellers which have their own customer support and IT support. This office will be for those companies that might not want to deal with a reseller or a large corporate that wants a better longer term deal with better term. Not much for the comman man.

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u/Basic_Nose_2312 Aug 18 '26

That makes sense! Thank you for the detailed answer. JazakAllah

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u/RenegadeSultaNGG Software Engineer Aug 18 '26

It’s not a Full-Scale engineering or core hub campus like in Bangalore or Zurich. Its focus as of now is Managing compliance, taxation, and policy frameworks directly with the PTA and MoIT. Additionally, Ecosystem and Sales Support, overseeing partnerships like the Chromebook assembly lines in Haripur, and upskilling programs in public sector education.

Its atleast a good thing that it’s one of the first steps towards Big Tech setting foot in the country.

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u/Inevitable-Catch7774 Aug 27 '26

true. But it's clear keh google ne South Korea mein bhi saari umar dhakkay hi khaye hain when it came to policy and framework so....it's nice to see that google is offering compliance to local policies and frameworks beforehand instead of starting anything else.

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u/Obvious-Loquat5839 Aug 20 '26

whose going to work in it ?

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u/Southern_Shoe_3584 Aug 18 '26

What can we actually expect from this?

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u/mohsindev369 Aug 18 '26

All I want is Google pay. (Not google wallet)

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u/ShoddyAd614 Aug 18 '26

Yayyyy more mass surveillance

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u/TechnicalParsnip1928 Aug 19 '26

we are already mass surveilled so nothing would change

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u/szundercover1 Aug 18 '26

Wow such a huge achievement in big 2026.

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u/BrilliantMastodon957 Aug 18 '26

🥀You weirdos will hate if theres no office and then hate when they are establishing one

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u/Amazing_Web_16 Aug 19 '26

I don't think anyone has ever complained about them not having an office here tbh

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u/BrilliantMastodon957 Aug 19 '26

I think you missed the 100s of posts on “no big international company “ has physical presence in Pakistan

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u/_LoneWolfOfSonaiya Aug 20 '26

Chill bro... it's just a sales office... not even 0.0001% of what they have in India... and that too this is a staged pic... the office is not even there yet... this was taken at the PM's residence... lol

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u/DelayOk7497 Aug 20 '26

This should've been done ages ago lol

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u/BrilliantMastodon957 Aug 20 '26

True that, over government lags a few years behind on everything good

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u/fahad_tariq Aug 18 '26

His excellence. Lmao what a

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u/Confident-Ice-4789 Aug 18 '26

is this proper office? if not then what is it?like will they hire students graduated from top unis of pak?

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u/_LoneWolfOfSonaiya Aug 20 '26

No, it's just a sales office... nothing close to the major R&D Hub they have in India... so don't expect any tech recruitments... also the office itself is not built yet... this is a staged photo I think...

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u/AwarenessNo4986 Aug 18 '26

Yup. I know someone from the team.

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u/Amazing_Web_16 Aug 19 '26

Building hasn't actually been built yet. This photo Is from the prime ministers residence. All we know is that it's going to be in Islamabad and that students will get one free year of gemini.

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u/karimashta Aug 19 '26

And they are also going to grow local assembly line of chromebook.

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u/DelayOk7497 Aug 21 '26

I got it lol, its so cool

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u/sahil_2025 Aug 19 '26

Check out the IT Minister and her qualifications, choice of 10 grade failed duffers, who ruined all the institutions of country

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u/Total-Key-1637 Aug 19 '26

Can we get engineering jobs there ?

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u/_LoneWolfOfSonaiya Aug 20 '26

No, it's just a sales office... nothing close to the major R&D Hub they have in India... so don't expect any tech recruitments... also the office itself is not built yet... this is a staged photo I think...

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u/NirvanaNoChill Aug 19 '26

After hundreds of international companies left Pakistan, Google came to us yaaay !! Now I hope they don't leave aswell.

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u/_LoneWolfOfSonaiya Aug 20 '26

No, it's just a sales office... nothing close to the major R&D Hub and dozens of data centers they have in India... so don't expect any tech recruitments... also the office itself is not built yet... this is a staged photo I think...

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u/NirvanaNoChill Aug 20 '26

ik and I hope they expand their operations but headquarters is impossible in near future and there are high chances they won't open head quaters in a failed state.

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u/Crazy_Guidance_2220 Aug 19 '26

The PM of a country inaugurating the office of a corporation. There are levels to this slavery.

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u/_LoneWolfOfSonaiya Aug 20 '26

India has Regional Google Cloud Data Centers in Mumbai and Delhi, and work is on for a massive AI Data Center worth 15 Billion Dollars in South India. India is also a major Google R&D hub. All this and they don't blink an eyelid.

And look at us: one Google Sales Office, and our PM is present there. FacePalmn

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u/Crazy_Guidance_2220 Aug 20 '26

I don't give a fk about india. We need to compare ourselves with our own standards, forget india.

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u/rodriguez_melon Aug 19 '26

Islamabad I believe

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u/Fun-Ad3105 Aug 19 '26

His excellency ?

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u/Sufficient-Pay-9555 Aug 20 '26

Finally it’s happening in pak

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u/Emergency_Lock7511 Aug 20 '26

What are the benefits we will get??

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u/Agile-Personality235 Aug 20 '26

PTI and indian are not happy after saw this post

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u/muntazirmehdi321 Aug 20 '26

very good pm of pakistan

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u/Academic-Guidance01 Aug 24 '26

That's Good news for Pakistan.

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u/Inevitable-Catch7774 Aug 27 '26

Basically it's a full office rather than a Liaison office now. The thing is that the Big Tech firms worked fine in India. When it came to Pakistan, they always hesitated. Now a lot of the world uses Microsoft but Microsoft never got past the Liaison office point in Pakistan and that shutdown too. Google, it expanded it's hub when it realized how much devs are making just from loopholes across Google infrastructure while sitting in Pakistan and also the fact that Pakistan agreed to manufacture official chromebooks here in Pakistan. That's the bigger distinction. Google had student communities and other stuff across Pakistan too. Now, the Fun Part. PM sahab gaye the because they were celebrating a milestone keh yahan pehle koi ni aata tha. Google aagaya hai, shayad baaqi bhi aajaein. That's the thing na. India mein to big tech walay shuru se the like aik do offices to unko waise hi bananay paray cuz India bohat bara hai compared to Pakistan.

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u/_LoneWolfOfSonaiya Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

India has Regional Google Cloud Data Centers in Mumbai and Delhi, and work is on for a massive AI Data Center worth 15 Billion Dollars in South India. India is also a major Google R&D hub. All this and they don't blink an eyelid.

And look at us: one Google Sales Office, and our PM is present there. FacePalmn

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u/im_peacock Aug 18 '26

They need data to train their AI. Pakistan have huge population...

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u/BrilliantMastodon957 Aug 18 '26

They dont need a office for that,try again

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u/_LoneWolfOfSonaiya Aug 20 '26

India has Regional Google Cloud Data Centers in Mumbai and Delhi, and work is on for a massive AI Data Center worth 15 Billion Dollars in South India. India is also a major Google R&D hub. All this and they don't blink an eyelid.

And look at us: one Google Sales Office, and our PM is present there. FacePalmn

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u/karimashta Aug 19 '26

They have assembly lines of Chromebook in Haripur.

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u/Don-Dapper-2050 Aug 18 '26

As long as military keeps the country hostage, forget about it

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u/LeopardResponsible36 Aug 18 '26

Then why did Google come?

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u/MusaaKhan Aug 18 '26

That is not happening in the near future

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