ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Dr. Arif Alvi has called for timely completion of all processes with regard to the automation of Parliament to make it digitally operational by January 2023.
While chairing a meeting on President’s Initiative for Cyber Efficient Parliament (PICEP) at the Parliament House in Islamabad on Wednesday, the president emphasized that the digitalization of Parliament would improve its efficiency as well as help in the smooth running of the legislative business of both Houses of the Parliament.
The president added that the digital Parliament would greatly help improve the processes of planning, monitoring, and control by using modern technology besides providing its members easy access to data and files through the latest IT tools.
Speaker @AsadQaiserPTI received President @ArifAlvi on his arrival in Parliament House to attend the meeting regarding President’s Initiative for Cyber Efficient Parliament(PICEP). pic.twitter.com/O7e8pACQZM
— Speaker-National Assembly of Pakistan (@NASpeakerPK) July 14, 2021
The meeting discussed progress made in the digitalization process of Parliament.
The project aims to improve government efficiency, transparency, and responsiveness by enhancing the efficiency of the Parliament manifold through the digitalization process. pic.twitter.com/VQnWjk5X0k— Speaker-National Assembly of Pakistan (@NASpeakerPK) July 14, 2021
The Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani, the Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser, the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication (IT&T) Syed Amin ul Haque, the Secretary IT&T Mohammad Sohail Rajput, the Secretary Senate Secretariat Mohammad Qasim Samad Khan, the Secretary National Assembly Secretariat Tahir Hussain, the members of M/o IT&T, representatives of NITB, and senior officials of the government attended the meeting.
The Ministry of IT&T updated the meeting about the current status of the project and the steps taken by it to make the Parliament cyber-efficient.
It apprised the meeting that the Departmental Development Working Party (DDWP) had approved the project amounting to Rs 1,950 million for four years, with an allocation of Rs 120 million for the current year.
It further informed that the process of hiring of project staff had already been initiated and advertisement had been placed in newspapers in this regard.
The ministry assured that it would execute the project by January 2023.
The president appreciated the work of M/o IT&T and assured it of his support to successfully execute the project within stipulated timelines.
The Chairman Senate and the Speaker National Assembly also lauded the commitment of the ministry, which was seriously working to meet the timelines of the project.
