Pakistan, July 4 -- Tech software giant Microsoft has shut down all operations in Pakistan, according to media reports on Thursday.

The report comes just a day after Seattle Times reported that Microsoft had announced it was laying off as much as 4%, or roughly 9,100, of its employees in the largest round of job cuts since 2023.

The tech giant was planning to cut thousands of jobs, particularly in sales, according to a Bloomberg News report in June. Microsoft had also announced layoffs in May, which affected around 6,000 employees.

According to reports, Microsoft has never had a full presence in Pakistan - only liaison offices that served enterprise, government, education, and consumer customers.

Describing the decision as a "troublin...