Punjab Moves Towards Embracing Web 3.0

A special web portal (https://web3.punjab.gov.pk/) was launched during a high-powered meeting held at Arfa Software Technology Park (ASTP) as a first step towards adoption of Web 3.0 in the province. The portal allows registration of Web 3.0 contributors including researchers, scientists and IT industry experts.
Earlier, the first meeting of the high-powered committee constituted by Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Adoption of Web 3.0 in the province was held at Arfa Software Technology Park (ASTP). The meeting was presided by Punjab Finance Minister Mohsin Leghari and Punjab Information Technology (IT) Minister Dr. Arslan Khalid.
The distinguished members of the committee including Secretary Law & PA, PITB Chairman Syed Bilal Haider, Policy and Domain Expert Dr. Hussain Nadim, ICT Industry Experts including Anooshay Shaigan, Sabina Zafar, Badar Khushnood and Faisal Chaudhry were present in the meeting. Others included NetSol CEO Salim Ghauri, Systems CEO Asif Pir, Techlogix CEO Salman Akhtar, STEPS CEO Umar Farooq, P@SHA Chairman Zohaib Khan, ITU VC Dr. Sarfraz Khurshid, representatives from SBP, NBP, BOP, FBR, SECP and PITB DG e-Governance Sajid Latif.
During the meeting, PITB DG e-Governance Sajid Latif gave a comprehensive presentation on TORs, constitution of sub-committees, proposal for addition of co-opted members, tentative roadmap and a brief introduction of Web 3.0 portal.  
Under Web 3.0, avenues in ‘new economy’, ‘tech R&D’ will be explored and a pool of new talent will be created that can be part of the Web 3.0 ecosystem.
Web 3.0 is the third iteration of internet that combines technologies like Blockchain, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Cloud, Edge, Internet of Things (IoT), Geolocation tech & 5G etc.