A delegation of KPK government calls on Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board

_{Lahore: Government of the Punjab will help KPK government to introduce best ICT practices in order to improve good governance and public service delivery in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It was stated by the Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board Dr. Umar Saif while addressing a meeting with a delegation from KPK headed by the provincial Secretary IT Farah Hamid Khan on Thursday.}

_{The other members of delegation were Dr. Faisal, Umar Farooq, Raza Shah and Asif Jamshed and Basit Raza. In response of the keen interest shown by the KPK delegates in the Punjab’s IT based initiatives, Dr. Umar Saif gave a deep insight on successful functioning of e-government projects taken for good governance and transparency in Punjab.}

 _{He further threw light on the steps taken by the PITB to enhance efficiency of the public sectors in Education, Health, Police, Local Government, Food, Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock, Disaster Management and Rescue etc. He highlighted the initiatives aiming to eliminate “Patwari and Thana Culture” in Punjab.}

_{Dr. Saif said that the Citizen Feedback Model introduced by the PITB was recently adopted by the European country Albania which was a global recognition of PITB’s best practices. “Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif is the main driving force behind such innovations who has a clear vision to provide the common public with the benefits of technology and bring down government-citizen interface. He encourages us by allocating sufficient resources for IT based projects. We are introducing ICT tools in almost all departments of the Punjab to bring efficient change.}

_{Either it be Anti-Dengue Campaign or anti-corruption drive, PITB has well played its role by giving the results-one of whom you may see that Pakistan has improved its global position in efforts to combat corruption. President of the World Bank has lauded our projects in an event held in Philippines last year” he added.}

_{Secretary IT of KPK appreciated the digitized books made under e-Learn project of the PITB. She said “we are closely watching your all programs and their output that is very inspiring. Your Plan9 is becoming famous all the way across Pakistan. Any collaboration between KPK and Punjab will ultimately benefit the lives of common men that our Chief Minister wished to have. We have learnt a lot from Punjab experience of e-governance and will use it as guideline to make a better KPK”.}

_{Dr. Umar Saif presented mementos of Arfa IT Tower to the guests. The delegation then visited PITB’s startup Plan9, PlanX and other successful programs.}