Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi inaugurated the Go Punjab App on Saturday, asserting that the online services provided through the initiative would benefit the people and curb corruption.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony at the Punjab Information Technology Board, he said the women could benefit from the app from home. “Our government has provided facilities to every citizen and to every house through the Go Punjab App,” he added.
The chief minister said the board had served several departments in a short span of time and had achieved a big milestone by launching the mobile application. He said he had established the provincial information technology department in 2005 and laid the foundation stone of the IT Tower in 2006.
“The place where we are now had a vegetable market earlier. We shifted the people working at the place and provided them livelihood opportunities,” he added.
The chief minister announced that a 600-bed hospital and emergency service would be set up at the land adjacent to the IT Tower. “We have also chalked out a plan to build a helipad to shift the injured in case of any accident occurring on the motorway or Ring Road,” he added. “Our projects are for the future and their benefits will reach the common people,” he added.
He stated that he had also started a vehicle number plate project in 2005 and followed the model of California in the United States. He accused Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of stopping work on his projects after coming to power in the province.
The chief minister said employment opportunities would also be generated with the inclusion of the services of the private sector in the app. “Go Punjab App is a magnificent step of our government to provide facilities to the people,” he added.
He maintained that the Qaumi Sehat Card was a flagship programme of PTI chairman Imran Khan and the app would also provide information relating to card and hospitals to the citizens. Copies of FIR, reports of lost items and payment of e-challan can also be obtained through the app.
The payment of traffic challans, rent and registration of domestic servants can also be done through the Go Punjab App in addition to obtaining death, birth, marriage and divorce certificates along with the payment of professional, token, property tax, e-auction, transfer of vehicle ownership and registration.
E-stamp paper, Fard Malkiyet and the payment of mutation fee can also be done through the app. The farmers can pay the e-abiyana and the industrialists can pay the business registration fee through the Go Punjab App.
The information relating to the booking of Punjab Tourism Corporation rest houses and other details can also be obtained in addition to payment of route permit and fitness certificate fee.
The app can also be used for the registration of private schools and Punjab Ehsas Ration Programme.
According to an official statement, it is the first public sector app of the country with such distinctive features.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 16th, 2022.
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