[Pakistan] Info website launched on trial basis

["Irfan Khan" <khania2@super.net.pk>]

14 October 2002 

Info website launched on trial basis 


By Our Reporter 

ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: The first ever web information and services portal 
of the government (www.pakistan.gov.pk) was launched on trial basis 
on Sunday. 

Minister for Science and Technology Dr Attaur Rehman was the chief 
guest at the launching ceremony of the web portal. The trial period 
is two months. 

Speaking on this occasion, the minister gave a brief detail on the 
project. 

"In order to enable convenient citizen and public sector interaction, 
internet is a key medium for e-government initiatives around the 
world. The 'Pakistan government' project focuses on similar 
initiative as this is the face of the government to the world," he 
added. 

Under the project websites of different federal ministries/divisions 
have been integrated so that a single point of access can be 
available to citizens with a strong search facility for different 
types of information on the portal. 

The minister said a total of 35 division websites had been made in 
addition to the portal. 

These sites, he said, contained useful information for all potential 
users, both domestic and international. 

"The information contained organizational details, rules, and 
procedures, persons' contact numbers and their e-mail addresses, 
downloadable forms and date of interest to the general public. 


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