Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday said the government was taking steps to boost foreign investment in the Information Technology sector.
“In this regard positive progress has already been made,” the prime minister said while chairing the 5th meeting of Board of Governors of Special Technology Zones Authority.’ In a bid to promote and develop IT sector in the country, he directed the concerned authorities to chalk out necessary policies to attract the international IT experts in Pakistan.
PM Kakar highlighted that the Information Technology sector could play vital role in strengthening the country’s economy as Pakistan had huge potential in this sector.
During the meeting, various matters linked to the Special Technology Zones Authority came under discussion. The meeting endorsed the decisions concluded during the 4th meeting of the Board of Governors of Special Technology Authority.
The meeting also approved the re-structuring of the finance, audit and technical committees of the Board of Governors of the Authority.
Furthermore, the meeting also approved the presentation of drafts of the Authority’s licensing framework, procedures and face regulations before the technical committee.
Federal Secretaries of Cabinet, Finance, Information Technology, Science and Technology, Chief Secretaries of all the provinces and other Board members attended the meeting.
Earlier, Haya Fatima Sehgal, the author of the book titled “Resilient Pakistan” on Wednesday called on Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar. Her book is a compilation of her articles and features with a dedicated section on people who devoted their lives for serving the country.
The book covers topics such as cultural issues, fighting extremism and climate change.
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to reconsider its order for transfer of Islamabad’s Inspector General of Police and Deputy Commissioner.
The prime minister took the plea that the security situation in Islamabad was not alright. The Ministry of Interior is also against the transfer of these two officers and the Establishment Division has submitted the ministry’s report regarding the transfers to the ECP.
Secretary Establishment Inamullah Dareejo filed the report before the four-member ECP bench presided by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja on Tuesday.
The secretary argued that security situation in Islamabad is shaky and the Ministry of Interior also wanted to keep these two officers in the federal capital. The caretaker PM has also requested the ECP to revisit its decision, Dareejo added.
The CEC in response the Commission will look into the Ministry’s report but he directed the Establishment Division to also sent the ECP a panel for replacing these two officers. The ECP then adjourned the hearing of the case.
