IfG.CC - The Institute for eGovernment

The Punjab government is planning to switch to E-governance by January 2010 with a plan to enable all 36 districts of the province to update vital data on a daily basis.

The switch to electronic monitoring would enable the chief minister to analyse developments in each district promptly, Punjab government’s Task Force on IT Chairman Nadeem Haq told members of the Lahore Economic Journalist Association on Wednesday.

Speaking at a ceremony organised by the Telemedicine and e-Health Training Centre of Surgical Unit II, HFH, to celebrate the completion of one year of provision of Telemedicine services, the MNA promised to extend all possible support to the Telemedicine Centre.

Chairing a meeting of the Information Technology Board here on Monday, he said that use of information technology could help in capacity-building and improving performance of government departments for providing better facilities to the people. He issued instructions for setting up a special committee headed by the chief secretary to review and submit recommendations on implementation of the roadmap presented for the establishment of e-government in the province. The committee will submit its report within a month.

The Shalimar Group of Companies, the leading real estate group in Sargodha, has brought the world’s best architects to Sargodha for their upcoming project, Shalimar Smart City – The First-Ever Smart City in their locality. The world’s best urban planners, Meinhardt Group Singapore, are designing this housing project and working in synergy with Shalimar because they regard Shalimar’s success as their success.

The official launching ceremony for the Shalimar Smart City’s latest concept of a Smart Business District, which is the heart of the project and considered the new business zone in Sargodha, was held on Friday, 17th February 2023, with an exclusive event organized by Elysium. Delegates from both groups, industry leaders, foreign delegates, the realtors’ community from Sargodha and other cities, the business community, and media personalities attended the event.

The Prime Minister was chairing a high level meeting in which Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Chairman of the National Commission for Government Reforms (NCGR) presented the interim report along with recommendations here at the PM House today.

Members of ICMAP, business community, consultants and officials from SECP attended the seminar. After the eServices launch in September 2008, such post launch seminars have already been held in various cities of the country including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi and Sialkot. The idea behind holding these seminars was to share and seek input from the participants, for improving and providing more enhanced features of eServices, in line with the requirements of the stakeholders, and to make it more users friendly.

According to an Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan press release issued here, the seminar held in collaboration with Lahore Branch Council (LBC), ICMAP in Lahore was attended by SECP members and officials.

This was stated by Rashid I. Malik, Commissioner SECP while speaking at a seminar on "E-Services Project."

The moot was organised by Karachi Branch Council (KBC) under the auspices of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP) here on Monday night.

It would provide easy and secure online other services through the use of information technology to various stakeholders, Rashid I. Malik, Commissioner, Company Law Division, SECP said while addressing a seminar.

The Committee which met here at the Parliament House under theChairmanship of Senator Abdul Raziq, asked the Ministry not to “reinvent the wheel” and follow the precedence of other nations who have simplified procedures and brought in transparency and efficiency, which is directly benefiting the general public.

He asked the officials concerned to go on data entry process in order to link all the departments for the convenience of the people. He said such projects would be launched in 22 districts of Sindh.

The system that will eventually be integrated with country’s border control - PISCES (Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System) and a forensic laboratory will help the investigators in their task.

The announcement was made at a meeting between Sindh chief minister’s adviser on information technology Nauman Sehgal and District Nazim Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, DCO Shafique Ahmed Khoso and other officials here on Monday.

Addressing the launching ceremony of the Hospital Management Information System Project at Capital Hospital, he said the telemedicine projects were meant to assist the government in transforming delivery of health-care services and making them available at the doorsteps of common man.

The Approach Paper obtained by Daily Times here on Wednesday recognises the key role of knowledge in economic growth and prosperity of Pakistan. It reveals that the government has trying to enhance access to higher education, improve its quality and make it relevant to national needs by developing university-industry linkages in next five years. Together with heavy investment, capacity of the government and other institutions in formulation and implementation of science, technology and innovation policies would be enhanced to ensure high and sustained economic growth.

Closure of the first true initiative at e-governance in the country will be unfortunate. It will push Pakistan back into Stone Age, said President, KCAA, Saifullah Khan in a statement issued here today.

He said that whole world is pushing computerisation while we are reverting to obsolete systems and manual procedures.“Customs does not have the capacity to cope with the ever-increasing load of trade therefore there is no point in closing PaCCS,” he said.

The purpose of this fund is to increase the penetration of telecom services in rural areas, install broadband technology and encourage the use of various e-services, including facilities such as telemedicine. One of the USF’s largest projects is the establishment of Multipurpose Community Telecentres (MCT) in rural areas.

Pakistan inherited the Audit and Accounts Department which was established in 1860 for ensuring public accountability and fiscal transparency in government operations. The next step was the setting up of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, which was further reinforced by the Pakistan Penal Code of 1960. The main drive for ensuring transparency started in 1999 when the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was established, followed by the formulation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) in 2002. It was partly due to the NACS, and the realisation that transparency in procurement is essential, that the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) was established in 2002.