Staff Reporter
Peshawar
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan on Saturday stressed the timely completion of Citizens Facilitation Centres (CFCs) projects in the provincial capital launched under the Digital Access Initiative of the provincial government. He issued these directives while presiding over a meeting to review progress on various Initiatives of KPITB here. Adviser to CM on Science and Information Technology, Ziaullah Bangash, principal Secretary to CM, Shahab Ali Shah, Secretary Science and Information Technology, Mukhtiar Ahmad and Managing Director KPITB were also present in the meeting.
The meeting was given a detailed briefing on various components of KP Digital Policy including Digital Skills, Digital Economy, Digital Governance and Digital Access as well the progress so far made on varoius initiatives under the digital regime. The Chief Minister directed the high-ups of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) to come up with a workable strategy within one week time to streamline all the matters related to the establishment of the CFCs so that online provision of all citizens facilities offered by various departments and organizations of both the provincial and federal governments including birth, death, marriage and domicile certificates, driving license, arm license, issuance of CNIC, issuance of stamp papers, mutation of land etc. would made possible through one window operation at the CFC.
He has further directed the relevant high-ups to take all the required steps to ensure the establishment of these CFCs at all divisional level by next year. The Chief Minister directed the authorities concerned to fix realistic time lines for making progress and to come up with workable proposals to ensure progress as per the fixed time lines. He termed the present time as an era of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and said the promotion of ICT in the province was one of the top priorities of the present government.
‘The provincial government is committed to promote ICT in the province in order to provide maximum online citizens facilities to the public, to create maximum employees opportunities for youth, to bring transparency in official business to enhance the working capacity of government departments and ultimately to move towards digital economy.
Mahmood Khan added that the government has launched a number of IT initiatives for the purpose and there would be no compromise on the timely completion of all those initiatives. He further said that he wanted progress on ground on not just on papers and added that there was no room for any kind of delay or laxity in this regard. He also directed the high-ups of Finance department to ensure timely release of the required funds for the timely completion of KPITB initiatives.
