Pak IT Market

Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) is the national focal Ministry and enabling arm of the Government of Pakistan for planning coordinating and directing efforts to initiate and launch Information Technology and Telecommunications programs and projects aimed at economic development of the country. The national focal point for Information Technology (IT) which was previously either missing or diffused was rectified with the creation of a new Information Technology and Telecommunications Division in March, 2000 under Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST). All Telecom and IT related organizations have been placed under this Division. The MoST was constituted of two divisions i.e. Science and Technological Research Division (S&TR) and IT & Telecom (IT&T) Division. The S&TR Division is focused on Science and Technology areas other than IT & Telecommunications.

In November 2002, a separate ministry for Information Technology was created and IT & Telecommunications Division became a part of the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT). The principal agenda of the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) is building Pakistan s Information Technology competency in the twenty first century. The major objectives are: Transformation to Electronic Government, Development of Software Industry, Building a state of art Infrastructure and Development of a qualitative pool of Human Resource.

The Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) is working on the national agenda to have a sound and sustainable Information Technology and Telecommunications base which will result in the socio economic development of the country and the attainment of the vision for a better Pakistan. The Ministry is maintaining consistency with the policy and achievements made in the IT & Telecommunications sector since its inception and to cope with modern challenges and meeting requirements of the IT and Telecommunications, the policy is regularly updated.

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