ISLAMABAD (BMZ REPORT ) State Minister for IT & Telecom Anusha Rehman on Saturday said that Health Management Information System (HMIS) application will definitely would bring efficiency by digitizing the patient’s medical record, however, focus may also be given on the facilitation of the patients particularly mitigate the patients queuingRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Pakistan has lost six notches and stood at 111th position of the 148 countries in terms of ranking on Global Information Technology Report 2014, the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced on Wednesday. At the rank of 111 among 148 countries, Pakistan’s performance has been relatively stableRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Easy Taxi, the largest taxi booking app in the world, aims to expand its footprint in Pakistan as the country is about to usher in to a new era of technological development with the launch of 3G services. Easy Taxi’s business models are designed keepingRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Under the order of Honorable High Court, the Minister of State for IT Mrs. Anusha Rahman convened a meeting of a committee of the technical experts constituted by the Lahore High Court to evolve a joint strategy for blocking controversial content over Youtube. Federal SecretaryRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA REPORT ) Induction of next generation spectrum data services 3G/4G will bring a huge change in the information and communication industry of Pakistan, ultimately leading to new economic activity. The economic impact of the 3G/4G technology is much higher than the auction price fetched by the governmentRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Rocket Internet, a German start-up incubator, has partnered with Ooredoo Q.S.C a Qatar based telecommunications provider to form ‘Asia Internet Holding’ and will jointly build and fund existing e-commerce startups especially those focused on mobile services. This merger will benefit Rocket Internet’s ventures operating inRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Federal Minister for Finance, Senator Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting at the Finance Ministry, today to discuss the latest plans of the Ministry of Information Technology for the introduction of E-office Systems in different Ministries of the government. The Minister of State for IT, Ms.Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has finalized all arrangements for the Spectrum Auction for Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS) to be held on 23rd April 2014. The Auction process will start at 8 AM Pakistan Standard Time. Bidders will be allowed to log into the AuctionRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) The Senate’s standing committee on Human Rights on Monday approved a resolution that seeks to unblock the popular video-sharing website Youtube in Pakistan. The video-sharing website has been blocked in Pakistan since September 2012 over its failure to take down the blasphemous “Innocence of Muslims” movieRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Implementation of E-office system in all Federal Ministries/Divisions should be done expeditiously within stipulated time frame- Minister of State for IT. Minister of State for IT Mrs. Anusha Rahman chaired a review meeting to assess the progress of e-office suit being implemented in Federal Ministers/DivisionsRead More →
China and Saudi Arabia, where internet freedom is largely restricted Ban on YouTube (the one implemented in September 2012) was only the beginning ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Weeks after taking the position as the Minister of State for Information Technology (IT), Anusha Rahman tweeted from her official account thatRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Historically the PSDP IT project titled “E-office Replication” was approved on 30th April, 2007, and the said application was developed and implemented at Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) under a pilot PSDP project in 2004. However, in the past, the said project was delayed sinceRead More →