A delegation from UNICEF comprising Chief Statistician UNICEF Headquarters New York Joao Pedro Azevedo, Data and Analytics Manager UNICEF Pakistan Achraf Mohamed Mrabat, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Punjab Sabahat Ambreen, Social Policy - Planning Monitoring & Data Specialist UNICEF Punjab Nouman Ghani and Data & Analytics Officer UNICEF Punjab Lamia Fahim visited PITB yesterday to discuss potential areas of collaboration.
PITB DG IT-Solutions Waqar Naeem Qureshi provided detailed briefing on the PITB’s ICT interventions rolled out across Punjab and those replicated by other provinces. He emphasized on the IT initiatives implemented in the education sector and the government-wide data-sharing and analytics platform while highlighting how it would benefit the stakeholders at large.
PITB Senior officials including ADG Software Engineering Omar Salman, Director Rana Abid Mahmood and Joint Director Sajjad Qureshi were also present. The UNICEF team expressed great interest in PITB’s IT interventions and lauded PITB for its education-centric solutions.