{"id":57920,"date":"2019-11-23T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=57920"},"modified":"2019-11-22T18:54:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T13:54:30","slug":"work-whatsapp-like-app-official-communication-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/work-whatsapp-like-app-official-communication-underway.html","title":{"rendered":"Work on WhatsApp-like app for official communication underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The incumbent government is in the process of developing an application \u2013 based on the workings of WhatsApp \u2013 for facilitating communications among government departments, a news source reported. As per officials, the said facility is expected to address data breach concerns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-app-replace-whatsapp-viber-official-communications.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Govt-APP&#8217; to replace WhatsApp, Viber for official communications<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister (PM)\u2019s Focal Person on Digital Media Dr Arslan Khalid said that they were currently working on improving cyber security, and developing a messaging application based on WhatsApp model for government officials. He added that the app would protect sensitive and classified information from hostile spying agencies and hackers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-allows-nayapay-run-pilot-test-digital-payments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SBP allows &#8216;NayaPay&#8217; to run pilot test on digital payments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The government decided to develop this application following reports in October about applications loaded with malware targeting the country\u2019s government and military institutions. After the successful development of the digital platform, all federal ministries will share official documents through this channel.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/authority-given-one-month-deadline-digitise-land-record-data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Authority given one-month deadline to digitise land record data<\/a><\/p>\n<p>National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology Chairman Ali Khan Jadoon said that the network would have the ministries of Defence and Interiors, along with other departments on it for preventing leaks of sensitive data. He added that users would only be able to access the application through a unique ID.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The incumbent government is in the process of developing an application \u2013 based on the workings of WhatsApp \u2013 for facilitating communications among government departments, a news source reported. As per officials, the said facility is expected to address data breach concerns. Read:\u00a0&#8216;Govt-APP&#8217; to replace WhatsApp, Viber for official communications Prime Minister (PM)\u2019s Focal Person on Digital Media Dr Arslan Khalid said that they were currently working on improving cyber security, and developing a messaging application based on WhatsApp model for government officials. He added that the app would protect sensitive and classified information from hostile spying agencies and hackers. Read:\u00a0SBP allows &#8216;NayaPay&#8217; to run pilot test on digital payments The government decided to develop this application following reports in October about applications loaded with malware targeting the country\u2019s government and military institutions. After the successful development of the digital platform, all federal ministries will share official documents through this channel. Read:\u00a0Authority given one-month deadline to digitise land record data National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology Chairman Ali Khan Jadoon said that the network would have the ministries of Defence and Interiors, along with other departments on it for preventing leaks of sensitive data. 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