A meeting of the secretaries general/secretaries of the Parliament of SAARC countries held here on Sunday on the sideline of 6th SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians Conference and thoroughly discussed E-Parliament, creating technology-friendly environment besides parliament role in appointment of judges in superior judiciary.
Opening the discussion, Secretary National Assembly Karamat Hussain Niazi said that technological and scientific advances have significantly changed the way that information is gathered, stored, processed and disseminated.
The advances in communication technology are important development in our times and their application in the public institutions are equally important, he added.
The secretary said that there is no greater revolution for people than strengthening democracy by latest technology at all tiers to reaching the electors at their doorsteps.
He said that there had been other important technical development that make it possible for parliaments to conduct their work more efficiently.
Karamat Niazi also said that the new tools and technologies are being used as a means to make political, technical in business processes more effective and efficient.