Peshawar: Special Assistant to KP CM on Industries and Commerce, Abdul Karim Tordher has directed for the acceleration of the digitization process of all sectors related to industries and commerce to make public services and facilities more accessible.
He emphasized that facilitating ease of doing business is the vision of the provincial government and their effort is to integrate all services of relevant departments regarding business operations in the province on this online portal.
He issued these directives while presiding over a meeting on Tuesday at the Civil Secretariat in Peshawar, reviewing the digitization of various public services and institutional business of the Industries, Commerce and Technical Education Department's attached institutions related to industry and commerce.
The meeting was attended by Director of Industries Hassan Abid, Deputy Managing Director of Small Industries Development Board (SIDB) Noman Fayaz, Acting Chief General Operations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KP-EZDMC) Muhammad Rafiq, Director of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board Shakirullah, Deputy Manager of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade Miss. Rais Anjum, Deputy Secretary of Industries Azazullah and other relevant officials.
The meeting reviewed steps taken to provide various services digitally for the convenience of the public, focusing on the digitization of services by SIDB, KP EZDMC, KP Board of Investment and Trade, and Directorate General of Industries.The forum was also briefed on the ongoing process of digitizing institutional matters within these sectors.
During the meeting, it was informed that, in line with the vision of the Special Assistant, 13 departments have already been integrated into the online platform for ease of doing business. The process of connecting more departments to the platform is progressing rapidly.
It was further shared that departments whose services are already available online on ease of doing business Portal, are being made even more user-friendly.
The meeting was also informed that the IT Board has forwarded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the digitization of all matters under the Directorate General of Industries. Officials from the Directorate General of Industries assured the meeting that they would accelerate their efforts to fulfill their responsibilities in this regard.
The meeting also highlighted that a workshop would be organized to enhance the effectiveness of the ease of doing business Portal and its online services.
The workshop will involve focal persons from all departments and representatives from various chambers to further raise awareness about the benefits of this facility.
It was also announced that the online process for registration of partnership forms at the Directorate General of Industries will be linked to NADRA's e-Saholat System, so that people from remote areas do not have to travel for registration.
In conclusion, the Special Assistant emphasized that improvements and further facilitation should be introduced for the services already digitized, to make industry-related responsibilities and services under various laws more accessible to the public.
He also stressed that work should begin promptly on the remaining tasks for digitization.
