ACRs, service books digitization under way

Parliamentary Secretary Science and IT, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi on Tuesday said steps were afoot to digitize the process of maintaining the annual confidential reports (ACRs) and service books of the government officers of Balochistan.

She said this while addressing a meeting held at the information and technology department. Secretary IT Mohammad Tayyab Lehri was also present on the occasion.

Dr Buledi said after digitizing the record of government officials, it would be linked to the central automated IT system and the process of promotion and demotion would not suffer unnecessary delays.

She also briefed the meeting about the various projects going on in the IT department, including the Quetta and Gwadar Safe City Projects.

Parliamentary secretary said efforts were also being made to create a job portal for making recruitment against the job vacancies in the government and autonomous government institutions.

She said that the project of creating websites of all departments will be completed soon, after which the public will be able to get information about government affairs at the click of a mouse.

By gradually transferring the old manual system to the esystem, the office affairs will get easy and the people will be relieved of the difficulties they previously faced.

Dr Buledi noted that digitization was the need of the hour, especially after the recent floods where lack of data hindered the process of relief and rehabilitation. “In case of a calamity, availability of accurate data matters a lot as it helps estimate the magnitude of losses and resources needed for relief and rehabilitation of victims,” she said, adding that accurate data also help contain the spread of infectious diseases in the calamity-hit areas.

She said activation of the database system established at the Civil Secretariat, Quetta would enable the government offices to get rid of the manual system.