{"id":69800,"date":"2020-08-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69800"},"modified":"2020-08-28T16:08:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T11:08:29","slug":"pakistan-it-ministry-shares-two-year-performance-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-it-ministry-shares-two-year-performance-report.html","title":{"rendered":"IT Ministry shares its two-year performance report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Information Technology (IT) &amp; Telecommunications Ministry of Pakistan recently shared it two-year performance report, a news source reported on August 22. The report indicated that the number of IT companies in the country increased by 592 \u2013 taking the total number to 2,354 \u2013 in the last two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/six-ngbsd-projects-contracts-awarded-in-first-half-of-fy-2019-20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Six NGBSD projects contracts awarded in first half of FY 2019-20: IT Ministry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its two-year performance report, the Pakistan IT Ministry revealed that the IT export remittances were expected to reach over USD 1 billion by the end of the current fiscal year. These remittances stood at USD 831.35 million at the end of the previous financial year. Additionally, the report highlighted the performance of many initiatives taken by the ministry for reaching its telecommunication goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the report shared, these initiatives included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>National Incubation Centres (NIC) Programmes<\/li><li>DigiSkills.pk<\/li><li>National ICT Grassroots Initiative<\/li><li>Technology Park Islamabad<\/li><li>SEED Funded Projects<\/li><li>Universal Service Fund (USF) Projects<\/li><li>Telecom Foundation<\/li><li>Special Communication Organisation (SCO) Contributions<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/it-ministry-launch-app-for-women-empowerment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> IT Ministry to launch app for women empowerment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IT Ministry also proposed future projects including Right of Way (ROW) Policy Directive, Policy Directive for Satellite Services in Pakistan, and Personal Data Protection Bill. The ministry\u2019s other planned projects comprise Spectrum Auction and an incentive package featuring policy for smartphone manufacturing. Officials stated that work was already underway on the Spectrum Auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Information Technology (IT) &amp; Telecommunications Ministry of Pakistan recently shared it two-year performance report, a news source reported on August 22. The report indicated that the number of IT companies in the country increased by 592 \u2013 taking the total number to 2,354 \u2013 in the last two years. Read: Six NGBSD projects contracts awarded in first half of FY 2019-20: IT Ministry In its two-year performance report, the Pakistan IT Ministry revealed that the IT export remittances were expected to reach over USD 1 billion by the end of the current fiscal year. These remittances stood at USD 831.35 million at the end of the previous financial year. Additionally, the report highlighted the performance of many initiatives taken by the ministry for reaching its telecommunication goals. As per the report shared, these initiatives included: National Incubation Centres (NIC) Programmes DigiSkills.pk National ICT Grassroots Initiative Technology Park Islamabad SEED Funded Projects Universal Service Fund (USF) Projects Telecom Foundation Special Communication Organisation (SCO) Contributions Read: IT Ministry to launch app for women empowerment The IT Ministry also proposed future projects including Right of Way (ROW) Policy Directive, Policy Directive for Satellite Services in Pakistan, and Personal Data Protection Bill.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":69827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[38008],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-details-on-it-ministry-shares-its-two-year-performance-report","9":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan IT Ministry shares two-year performance report - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Pakistan Information Technology (IT) &amp; 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