A delegation from Performance Management & Reforms Unit (PMRU) Gilgit-Baltistan visited PITB to get aquatinted with the ICT interventions rolled out across Punjab and discuss possible areas of collaboration.
PITB DG Business Development & Training Saima Shaikh gave a detailed insight on the IT initiatives implemented provincewide to enhance public service delivery and e-Governance. She also highlighted the PITB initiatives replicated by other provinces.
The delegation comprised DS PMRU Khuzaima Anwar, DD PMRU Ehsan Karim, AD PMRU Zaheer Abbas, AD PMRU Syed Tassawur Mehdi and PMRU IT Product Developer Sharafat Ali.
PITB senior officials including Director Operations Government Digital Services (GDS) Aquil Khan, HR Joint Directors Mairaj Nadeem & Farhan Akbar and Joint Director Bizlink Mudassir Paracha were also present.
The delegation also visited the state-of-the-art Data Center and e-Khidmat Markaz established in the premises of Arfa Software Technology park (ASTP). PITB GDS representative SPM Haider Ali gave an overview of the citizen centric services offered at e-Khidmat.
They visitors lauded PITB for successfully implementing a number of ICT initiatives and discussed the way forward.