Prime Minister Imran Khan to inaugurate Digital Pakistan campaign today
- By Web Desk -
- Dec 05, 2019
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate Digital Pakistan campaign on Thursday (today), ARY News reported.
The inauguration ceremony will be held at Prime Minister Office in Islamabad. Under the Digital Pakistan campaign correspondence between government departments, which was previously done on paper, will be made digital.
The project will function under the Ministry of Information Technology. Prime Minister Imran Khan had assigned the task to the IT Ministry in August which completed the project within the given deadline of three months.
Earlier on December 21, Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui had said that digitalizing Pakistan is the top priority of the government.
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Chairing the first meeting of Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Information Technology and Telecom in Islamabad, Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui had said Pakistan will move towards development and prosperity through information technology.
The federal minister had said that penetration of fiberization, broadband, mobile phones and smart phones will be enhanced across the country and added that PTI government is committed for promotion of information technology in the country.