Posts Tagged ‘information technology’
IN SHORT: multi-lingual online dictionary software
Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:39 No CommentsHYDERABAD (January 28 2008): The Final year students of the Institute of Information Technology (IIT) University of Sindh (SU) have developed different software projects including multi-language Online Dictionary, which was displayed in the exhibition on Wednesday at IIT Multimedia Centre, Jamshoro Campus. The software projects would help the multinational companies and industry of the country. [...]
Intel Pakistan, IT department NWFP sign MoU
Thursday, December 6, 2007 11:34 No CommentsPESHAWAR (December 06 2007): The Intel Pakistan Corporation and Department of Information Technology, NWFP, on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for promotion of computer education at school and college levels in the province. The memorandum was signed by the representatives of Intel Pakistan Corporation and the Department of IT NWFP at a simple ceremony [...]
Telecom sector is major contributor in generating revenue: Owais
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:27 No CommentsFormer federal minister for Information and Technology, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari has said that telecom sector is a major contributor in generating revenues for the government in the form of taxes, duties and regulatory charges.
During the year 2006-07, the sector contributed Rs 36.3 billion, which was 27 percent of total domestic GST and 9 [...]
Optees of VSS not to be reemployed in PTCL
Friday, November 16, 2007 10:30 No CommentsISLAMABAD (November 16 2007): The government has imposed ban on re-employment of those employees of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) who will opt for Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS), informed sources told Business Recorder.
“The Ministry of Information Technology will ensure that optees who are granted voluntary separation will not be re-employed by PTCL,” the sources quoted [...]
Govt to pay half of PTCL staff layoff cost
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:11 No CommentsISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The government will pay over Rs17 billion out of public money as 50 per cent share of Rs35 billion layoff cost of rendering more than 29,000 employees of Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited jobless through voluntary separation scheme (VSS).
A decision to this effect was taken at a recent meeting of the cabinet committee [...]
Govt to establish IT Park for Rs 406.05 million
Thursday, November 8, 2007 10:09 No CommentsISLAMABAD: Keeping in view the importance of Information Technology (IT), the government has plan to establish a state of the art IT Park that would provide IT enabled office space and other facilities to IT companies. The project will cost Rs 406.05 million.
Officials in the ministry of Information Technology told Daily Times here on Wednesday [...]
Online shopping makes life easier
Monday, October 8, 2007 12:31 No CommentsISLAMABAD (October 08 2007): The trend of online shopping has made shopping easier for the people as they could buy any thing sitting at their homes through visiting websites.
Online shopping has become common in the society, as it is popular mainly due to its speed and ease of use. Online shopping has become an everyday [...]
IT projects worth billions of rupees hit snags
Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:02 No CommentsHyderabad: Sept 16: projects worth billion of rupees for computerization of different government departments have run into snags as the service and general administration department (Sand GAD) is least interested in posting computer literate official in the ministry source the ministry revealed on Sunday the source said that the countless number of representation and summaries [...]
IT A Key Driver of Economic Growth, Says Aziz
Sunday, August 12, 2007 7:49 No CommentsKARACHI, Aug 11: Prime Minister Shoukat Aziz said on Friday that the government consider information technology a key driver of economic growth and has created an enabling environment over the last few years.
This, he said, has resulted in tremendous expansion, value addition and employment generation.
He was talking to a delegation comprising corporate leader’s authors, researchers [...]