CS reviews facilities at e-Khidmat centre
Punjab Chief Secretary Jawwad Rafique Malik on Saturday visited the e-Khidmat Centre at Arfa Software Technology Park and reviewed the facilities, especially the 32 newly-introduced services related to the construction sector, being provided there.
The chief secretary directed the planning and development chairman to prepare a comprehensive strategy for expanding the scope of e-Khidmat centres and to immediately start the same services in the districts through the manual procedure under one wind operation.
He highlighted that under the automated system, the timeline should be implemented in any case and any delay would not be tolerated at all. The CS maintained that the use of technology was the need of the hour and the provincial government would take all possible steps to promote e-governance and improve public service delivery.
He elaborated that the capacity of government departments and institutions would be enhanced through the use of IT. He directed that an effective awareness campaign be launched on the services provided to the public at the e-Khidmat centres so that more people could avail them. In the briefing, the CS was informed that 78 services including 32 related to the construction sector were being provided at the e-Khidmat centres.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 12th, 2020.