Tag: Pakistan Government
PACCS Generates Revenues & Delivering Objectives Phenomenally
The Federal Board of Revenue has been sent a letter by Agility asking to clarify FBR’s intentions on moving forward or not, at least with negotiations to continue PACCS. It is learned from sources that Agility seems getting tired of waiting for the Pakistan Government to pick pace and start taking its national interest matters seriously.
New Committee Meeting Today Resolving Disputes With Etisalat
Privatisation minister Waqar Ahmad Khan has been given the responsibility of resolving the longstanding dispute with Etisalat of UAE on the issuance of Long Distance International (LDI) licence to China Mobile Pakistan (known as Zong), and auction of 3G spectrum.
Wateen Aims to Bring Literacy Revolution in The field of Internet
Wateen is energetically contributing toward Government of Pakistan’s (Information Technology Ministry) USF projects working for the development of telecom infrastructure in underserved areas of the country. Hitherto, very effectively Wateen has been obtained subsidies of nearly PKR 1.8 billion for OFC projects and PKR 1.0 billion for Broadband projects through participation in competitive biddings.
International Telecommunication Union Appeal For Assistance For Pakistan Flood Relief
ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré has issued a global appeal for contributions to assist the flood-affected victims in Pakistan. ITU’s emergency telecommunications team is also working with the Government of Pakistan towards rehabilitating the telecommunication infrastructure, which has been rendered inoperative in many parts of the country. The floods ravaging Pakistan are the worst ever in [...]
TEDx Lahore, Brainstorming of Intelluctuals Under One Roof
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. The local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations. Let me put it in simple words like this. [...]
Etisalat Asked to Pay $500m Said Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh
Pakistan has sought an emergency payment of at least $500 million from UAE’s Etisalat the majority shareholder of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to avoid a breach in the current year’s fiscal deficit target. In return, the government has made a firm commitment to the Etisalat that it would transfer the company’s all properties to [...]
US, Pakistan Further Expand Bilateral Cooperation in IT Field
The U.S and Pakistani officials agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fields of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and evolving a cooperation program for deploying socially relevant services using mobile phones and other IT platforms. This was agreed during the meeting of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke Special Representative of US for Afghanistan and Pakistan and [...]
PM Adoption of Modern ICT Applications to Improve Efficiency of Public Sector Organizations
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday called on Saturday for promoting Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) education and adopting modern ICT techniques to improve governance and efficiency of public sector organizations.E-government, he said, would not only improve efficiency but also cut down costs and contribute the austerity measures. He stressed the need for leveraging [...]

