Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani constituted a committee headed by Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission to improve the functioning of various organisations of the government through application of latest information technology. Secretaries of Information Technology, Finance and Interior will be the members of the committee.
Prime Minister took the decision during a meeting on "Emergency Response and Social Administration Information System Project" at the PM''s House here on Saturday. The Prime Minister said that the government would employ all possible resources at its disposal to provide an efficient communication and foolproof security system for the citizens. In this connection, he added, modern information technology offers multiple options to enhance surveillance and security in our cities and towns. "Our objective should be to look into our future needs," he added.
He directed the committee to work out an effective and efficient system of security and communication to achieve this objective. He further tasked the committee to examine the projects to avoid overlapping of functions and to assess reasonability of the project cost.
Earlier, the Interior Minister assisted by Chairman Nadra and Advisor to Prime Minister on Information Technology supported by Secretary Information Technology made presentations on Emergency Response Information and Communication System. The presentations made by both the Ministries aimed at improving the efficiency of government organisations through introduction of latest Information Technology (IT) as well as information-sharing and monitoring for the purpose of vigilance and security. The projects were designed to ultimately cover the entire country for which various stakeholders had already been consulted.
Minister for Interior Senator A. Rehman Malik, Advisor to PM on IT Latif Khosa, Acting Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Dr Ishfaq Ahmad, Secretaries Finance, Interior, Information Technology, Planning & Development, Chief Commissioner ICT, IGs Police Islamabad and NWFP, Chairmen, NADRA and NTC, and other senior officers attended the meeting.-PR
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