Dr.Omar Saif is a pride of Pakistan

Lahore: The contributions of Dr. Umar Saif could be recognized by the fact that he has been awarded with one of the world’s best and prestigious awards in the field of Science & Technology.

His radical and innovative projects of e-governance and mobile governance were appreciated by World Bank and international media like CNN, BBC, New York Times, His contributions as Chairman PITBare indeed commendable, soon after joining his charge, he eradicated corruption from the board and PITB is now playing an instrumental role in assisting the Government to improve public sector performance.

Dr. Saif’s vision of instant, speedy & thriving administration was materialized successfully by deploying Smartphone–based early epidemic warning system that played a vital role in the fight against Dengue epidemic in Punjab. The said system was used by more than twenty government departments in all districts across Punjab. Hundreds of field workers were provided Smartphones to upload, geo-tag pictures of their anti-dengue tasks, while more than 650,000 pictures of anti dengue activities were received from all over Punjab. This success story leading towards the good governance did not end there.