ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Rehman Friday said that E governance system had been inaugurated in 25 ministries and divisions aimed at bettering their functioning.
Coming up to the particular session of 8th Youth Parliament Pakistan (YPP), she said “Pakistan is the first state in the South Asia Association Regional Corporation (SAARC) to introduce the E governance.”
Right away, she pronounced, these ministries were paperless and the system would ensure efficiency, accuracy, strength, good administration, transparency and accountability in decision making.
The minister said that around 70,000 federal employees had been trained for this purpose.
Anusha Rehman said three Information Technology parks would be built in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.
Land has been acquired for the Islamabad IT Park at Chack Shahzad, she added.
She said National Incubation Center (NIC) had been established with government’s vision of a digital Pakistan, which was funded by the National ICT R&D Fund.
The minister said it would be a first of its kind innovation hub to nurture and grow talent from across Pakistan, the program would help in bridging the gap between entrepreneurs, innovators and investors, while providing state of the art incubation facilities and access to experts and advisors.
