According to a source, it has also been decided that the PITB would be run on a corporate basis, and its chairman would be hired from the market, and he would be answerable to the chief minister.
Chairman Planning and Development Board Sami Saeed has been given the responsibility of initiating the requisite process in consultation with the Services and General Administration Department.
“It has been done overtly to remove anomalies resulting from the overlapping of the functions of the IT Department and the PITB,” replied the source when quizzed about the reasons behind this step.
He mentioned that at a high-level meeting the performance of the IT Department regarding the implementation of e-governance and contribution of the IT Department towards the economic growth was analysed, and the meeting members reached a unanimous conclusion that the efforts of the Department were not commensurate with the modern IT requirements.
The meeting also showed its dissatisfaction over the efforts of the government as well.
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Quelle/Source: Khaleej Times, 04.05.2008
