Error code:   ConfigNamesError
Exception:    AttributeError
Message:      'str' object has no attribute 'items'
Traceback:    Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/dataset/config_names.py", line 67, in compute_config_names_response
                  config_names = get_dataset_config_names(
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/inspect.py", line 161, in get_dataset_config_names
                  dataset_module = dataset_module_factory(
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 1207, in dataset_module_factory
                  raise e1 from None
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 1182, in dataset_module_factory
                  ).get_module()
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 690, in get_module
                  config_name: DatasetInfo.from_dict(dataset_info_dict)
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/datasets/info.py", line 284, in from_dict
                  return cls(**{k: v for k, v in dataset_info_dict.items() if k in field_names})
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'items'

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Pakistan Business Email List — Market Intelligence Dataset

1,900,000 verified Pakistan contacts are available from LeadsBlue →. This open dataset provides the aggregate market intelligence behind that database — contact volume, benchmark open/reply rates, send timing, and compliance for the Pakistan segment.

At a glance: A research dataset describing the Pakistan Business Email List market: verified-contact volume, industry distribution, outreach benchmarks, and regulatory framework, published by LeadsBlue Research under CC BY 4.0.

Key figures

Metric	Value
Verified contacts in segment	1,900,000
Typical email open rate	18-28%
Typical email reply rate	3-6.5%
Best send days	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Best send time (local)	10:00-12:00 PKT
Geography	Pakistan
Industry verticals benchmarked	14
License	CC BY 4.0

📥 Get the full Pakistan Business Email List — individual verified business records, ready to use: Download from LeadsBlue →

Market overview

Pakistan is a 240-million-person economy with a large and growing IT services sector that has emerged as a significant global software outsourcing destination. Karachi is the financial and commercial capital — Pakistan's largest city and home to the Karachi Stock Exchange, major banks (HBL, MCB, UBL), and the country's largest industrial base. Lahore is the cultural capital and a significant commercial city with a growing technology cluster. Islamabad is the political capital with government-adjacent professional services. Pakistan's textile sector is globally significant — the country is the world's 4th largest cotton producer and a major exporter of cotton yarn, fabric, and garments.

Primary business hubs: Karachi, Lahore (Punjab tech cluster), Islamabad, Faisalabad (textile hub), Sialkot (sports goods).

Outreach benchmarks & strategy

Pakistani B2B cold email in English is standard for the technology and professional services sectors, which are internationally oriented. Pakistani IT companies actively seek international clients through digital channels — the IT export sector is specifically targeting US, UK, and Australian companies. Response rates from Pakistani technology companies to professional outreach are strong given the export orientation of the sector.

Files in this dataset

File	Contents
`data/market_overview.csv`	Segment-level metrics: contact volume, benchmark rates, send timing
`data/industry_benchmarks.csv`	Open/reply benchmarks across 14 industry verticals
`data/compliance.csv`	Regulatory framework, business culture, decision-maker profile, hubs

Methodology

Statistics are derived from LeadsBlue's verified database counts combined with published market baselines. This dataset contains aggregate figures only; it includes no individual contact records.

How to cite

LeadsBlue Research. (2026). Pakistan Business Email List — Market Intelligence Dataset. Derived from the B2B Cold Email Benchmark Report 2026 (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20136256). CC BY 4.0. Source: https://leadsblue.com

@dataset{leadsblue_pakistan_business_dataset_2026,
  author    = {Johnson, Luther},
  title     = {Pakistan Business Email List -- Market Intelligence Dataset},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {LeadsBlue Research},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.20136256},
  url       = {https://leadsblue.com/leads/pakistan-business-email-leads-database/}
}

Source & full dataset

This aggregate dataset is published by LeadsBlue Research. The full verified business email list — with individual business contact records — is available at Pakistan Business Email List.

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