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Conference held on computerisation of languages in Pakistan
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Conference held on computerisation of languages in Pakistan
The Dawn, By Our Staff Reporter, 14/5/2002
http://www.dawn.com/2002/05/14/nat1.htm
ISLAMABAD, May 13: The reforms introduced by the government in IT
sector would help retain investors' confidence, the Minister for
Science and Technology, Dr Attaur Rehman said.
He was speaking at a conference on "Computerisation of Languages in
Pakistan," organized by Microsoft Pakistan in collaboration with the
ministry and National Language Authority (NLA) on Monday.
He expressed the hope that Bill Gates of Microsoft Corporation would
accept his invitation to visit Pakistan.
The minister appreciated Microsoft's initiative for developing and
computerization of languages in Pakistan on national level.
The conference was organized with an objective to create awareness
among researchers of languages in the country and to help local
software companies and developers to understand how they could
develop multilingual applications through Windows.
Mr Jawad Rehman, the country manager, Microsoft Pakistan said the
Microsoft had integrated and adapted a multilingual environment
focussed at development and localization efforts for Pakistan.
The software developers will now be able to improve the functionality
and quality of typography available to them here and pave the way for
research work into advanced computer uses, highlighting how Microsoft
products could provide a quality solution for the languages spoken in
Pakistan.
Mr Paul Nelson, Development Lead-Typography Department, Microsoft
Corporation, a specialists in linguistic development said "Unicode"
system provided the foundation for all of Pakistan's languages to
participate in the information age.
Since "Windows XP" and "Office XP" were based on Unicode, it was
possible for computer users to take advantage of that foundation
right away.
In addition, OpenType, font technology made it possible for Pakistani
font developers to provide quality "Nastaleeq" font solutions for
users of Microsoft products.
Prominent speakers and linguistic specialists including Dr Humayun
Mian, chairman Punjab IT Board (PITB), Saeed Ahmad, Director Urdu
Informatics Division NLA, Dr Mohammad Afzal, Professor and
coordinator Urdu and Regional Languages Software Development Forum
S&T, Dr Sarmad Hussain, head Centre for Research in Urdu Language
Processing, FAST, Dr Khawar Zia, Director Beaconhouse Informatics and
Kashif Hisam, Pak Data Management Services highlighted the work
undertaken for the standardization of Urdu and other local languages
by the government. Research on national standards on Urdu software
development was also presented on the occasion.
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