Report : FT Correspondent:
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif chaired a review meeting on ongoing reforms at the National Information Technology Board (NITB) and progress on the construction of the Islamabad Technology Park.
The Prime Minister directed the NITB to focus on providing citizens with convenient, efficient and modern digital services. He stressed coordinated efforts by all relevant institutions to ensure timely, transparent and accessible government services.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also directed that all government digital platforms be further improved in line with contemporary requirements and ordered all subordinate federal government institutions and state-owned enterprises to ensure the use of e-office systems.
He emphasized accelerating the digitalization of government institutions, making full use of modern technology and completing the digitization of records of all government properties at the earliest.
The Prime Minister expressed displeasure over the delay in completing the Islamabad Technology Park and directed that its construction be completed as soon as possible and that the facility be made operational on a priority basis. He further directed that the operation of the Technology Park be fully outsourced.
The meeting was informed that the right-sizing of the NITB had been completed and appointments to key positions were being made through a transparent process. All federal ministries have shifted to e-office, while work is underway to promote its use in other departments and state-owned entities.
Federal Ministers Ahsan Iqbal, Ahsan Khan Cheema, Dr. Musadik Masood Malik and Shaza Fatima Khawaja, along with senior officials of the relevant institutions, attended the meeting.
